Ilgaz Arzu, Saltan Mehmet
Akdeniz University, Building Works and Technical Head of Department, 07058 Antalya, Turkey.
Suleyman Demirel University, Civil engineering faculty, Isparta, Turkey.
Cities. 2023 Jun 26:104449. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2023.104449.
The global Covid-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on our lives. The pandemic led to sudden and momentous changes in mobility styles and travel habits. Many users started preferring to travel via private vehicles, which is contrary to sustainability policies. Strict measures were implemented against the Covid-19 pandemic in Turkey during this process, as was the case all over the world. Taking into consideration these realities, the aim of the present study was to examine the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the travel modes (public transportation, walking, and bicycle), anxiety and stress perceptions, and working conditions of individuals. A survey was conducted to measure the impacts of the pandemic and the measures taken. The sample of this study consists of people who regularly attended Suleyman Demirel University in Isparta and Akdeniz University in Antalya, Turkey, before the pandemic. An online survey was conducted for the case study during the May-June 2021 semester, and the survey was representative of the study population with a total of 556 participants. The travel time for both different university students decreased during the pandemic period. The percentage of those traveling to the university with their own cars increased to 77 % in AU and 66.8 % in SDU. The use of public transportation dropped to 6.1 % in AU and 11.8 % in SDU. 56.97 % of AU participants and 51.15 % of SDU participants reported that their walking habits decreased. It was reported that 52.73 % of the respondents in AU and 55.75 % of the respondents in SDU did not change their bicycle usage frequency. 64.24 % of AU and 74.42 % of SDU reported that their anxiety levels increased during the pandemic period. And for each of these analyses, there was no statistical difference between the two different university students.
全球新冠疫情对我们的生活产生了毁灭性影响。疫情导致出行方式和旅行习惯发生了突然而重大的变化。许多用户开始更倾向于乘坐私家车出行，这与可持续发展政策相悖。在此过程中，土耳其与世界其他地方一样，针对新冠疫情实施了严格措施。考虑到这些现实情况，本研究的目的是考察新冠疫情对出行方式（公共交通、步行和骑自行车）、焦虑和压力感知以及个人工作条件的影响。进行了一项调查以衡量疫情及所采取措施的影响。本研究的样本由疫情之前经常就读于土耳其伊斯帕尔塔的苏莱曼·德米雷尔大学和安塔利亚的阿克德尼兹大学的人员组成。在2021年5月至6月学期期间针对该案例研究进行了一项在线调查，该调查代表了研究人群，共有556名参与者。在疫情期间，两所不同大学的学生的出行时间均有所减少。在阿克德尼兹大学，乘坐私家车前往大学的人员比例增至77%，在苏莱曼·德米雷尔大学增至66.8%。在阿克德尼兹大学，公共交通的使用率降至6.1%，在苏莱曼·德米雷尔大学降至11.8%。阿克德尼兹大学56.97%的参与者和苏莱曼·德米雷尔大学51.15%的参与者报告称他们的步行习惯减少了。据报告，阿克德尼兹大学52.73%的受访者和苏莱曼·德米雷尔大学55.75%的受访者没有改变他们骑自行车的使用频率。阿克德尼兹大学64.24%的受访者和苏莱曼·德米雷尔大学74.42%的受访者报告称他们在疫情期间的焦虑水平有所增加。而且对于这些分析中的每一项，两所不同大学的学生之间均无统计学差异。
