ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown undeniably impacted travel behavior. It is assumed that directed (commute and non-work) trips reduced following reduced out-of-home activities. This study analyzing 764 respondents in Flanders, Belgium, explores whether undirected trips, or travel for the purpose of travel itself, increase as compensation or to ‘get out and about’. Additionally, change in commute and non-work trip mode and frequency is analyzed to assess whether a shift from public to private transport modes and from motorized to active modes occurred. The effect of urbanization on travel behavior change was also evaluated. Results did not indicate a shift from public to private transport modes, suggesting a general decrease in directed trips, but indicated compensation for decreased car use with both undirected and active trips. The built environment was not significantly related to changes in travel behavior, suggesting that respondents participated in compensatory behavior during the lockdown regardless of residential urbanization.

摘要

COVID-19 大流行封锁无疑影响了旅行行为。假设外出活动减少后，定向（通勤和非工作）出行减少。这项研究分析了比利时佛兰德斯的 764 名受访者，探讨了无定向旅行或以旅行本身为目的的旅行是否会作为补偿或“出去走走”而增加。此外，还分析了通勤和非工作出行模式和频率的变化，以评估是否发生了从公共交通模式到私人交通模式以及从机动模式到主动模式的转变。还评估了城市化对出行行为变化的影响。结果并未表明从公共交通方式向私人交通方式的转变，表明定向出行普遍减少，但表明对非定向出行和主动出行减少的汽车使用进行了补偿。