ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 outbreak created a context that was not previously considered by most urban transportation planners and modellers. This paper presents a study design to comprehensively measure the effects of COVID-19 induced Lockdown on changes in travel behaviour and its dynamics. The study is designed for the Greater Toronto Area. The paper presents results from the common portion of four specialized travel surveys. The empirical investigation presented in the paper is on the general pandemic response, in terms of daily activity-travel adaptation behaviour), in the context of around four months of complete Lockdown to stop the spread of COVID-19. Empirical investigation reveals that the Lockdown did not cause any substantial increase in unemployment, but it did force the majority of the residents to telecommute and practice flexible office hours. Overall, results show that Lockdown influences people to engage in more family-oriented activities.

摘要

COVID-19 爆发创造了一个大多数城市交通规划者和建模者以前没有考虑过的背景。本文提出了一项研究设计，以全面衡量 COVID-19 引起的封锁对旅行行为及其动态变化的影响。该研究是为大多伦多地区设计的。本文介绍了四项专业旅行调查的共同部分的结果。论文中提出的实证调查是在大约四个月的完全封锁以阻止 COVID-19 传播的背景下，针对日常活动-旅行适应行为的一般大流行反应。实证调查显示，封锁并未导致失业率大幅上升，但确实迫使大多数居民远程办公并实行灵活的办公时间。