Abstract This paper explores how the commuting patterns of university students have changed in the face of the financial crisis that has affected Portugal in 2008. In this research, we focus on the mobility behaviour of students from the Faculty of Engineering of Oporto University (FEUP). Based on two similar surveys carried out in 2006 and 2012, i.e. before and during times of financial crisis, and macrosocial data from the Portuguese Census and from the metropolitan public transport system, we provide detailed accounts of commuting patterns, including main motivations, barriers, and discuss the influence of considering different scales of analysis of the built-environment. The results show a general trend to reduce the students' costs of commuting by living with their families and using more often public transports. Our results also suggest an increasing level of inequality towards mobility, reinforced by austerity policies, which may lead to undesirable travel behaviours in the future. Although the overall evolution of students' travel behaviour points towards greater sustainability, the identified changes also suggest social-spatial injustices.

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金融危机下学生流动行为的改变：波尔图大学案例研究的教训

摘要 本文探讨了面对 2008 年影响葡萄牙的金融危机，大学生的通勤模式是如何变化的。在这项研究中，我们关注波尔图大学工程学院 (FEUP) 学生的流动行为。 . 根据 2006 年和 2012 年（即金融危机之前和期间）进行的两项类似调查，以及来自葡萄牙人口普查和大都市公共交通系统的宏观社会数据，我们提供了通勤模式的详细说明，包括主要动机、障碍、并讨论考虑不同尺度的建筑环境分析的影响。结果表明，通过与家人住在一起并更频繁地使用公共交通工具来降低学生的通勤成本是一个普遍趋势。我们的结果还表明，随着紧缩政策的加强，流动性不平等程度越来越高，这可能会导致未来出现不良的出行行为。尽管学生旅行行为的整体演变指向更大的可持续性，但已确定的变化也表明社会空间不公正。