We study the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated government measures on individual mobility choices in Switzerland. Our data is based on over 1,600 people for which we observe all trips during eight weeks before the pandemic and until May 2021. We find an overall reduction of travel distances by 60 percent, followed by a gradual recovery during the subsequent re-opening of the economy. Whereas driving distances have almost completely recovered, public transport re-mains under-used. The introduction of a requirement to wear a mask in public transport had no measurable impact on ridership. The individual travel response to the pandemic varies along socio-economic dimensions such as education and house-hold size, with mobility tool ownership, and with personal values and lifestyles. We find no evidence for a significant substitution of leisure travel to compensate for the reduction in work-related travel.

我们研究了 COVID-19 大流行和相关政府措施对瑞士个人出行选择的影响。我们的数据基于 1,600 多人，我们观察了他们在大流行前八周到 2021 年 5 月期间的所有旅行。我们发现旅行距离总体减少了 60%，随后在随后的重新开放期间逐渐恢复经济。虽然驾车距离几乎完全恢复，但公共交通工具仍然未得到充分利用。引入在公共交通中戴口罩的要求对乘客量没有明显影响。个人旅行对大流行的反应因教育和家庭规模等社会经济维度、移动工具拥有量以及个人价值观和生活方式而异。