Travel behaviour changes during the pandemic: Prague-Pilsen rail case study

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F22%3A00128673" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/22:00128673 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/revecp-2022-0015" target="_blank" >https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/revecp-2022-0015</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/revecp-2022-0015" target="_blank" >10.2478/revecp-2022-0015</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Travel behaviour changes during the pandemic: Prague-Pilsen rail case study

Original language description

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of our everyday lives. Governments have taken numerous measures to contain the spread of the pandemic, which has had a direct impact on daily mobility, modal choice and the function of public transport. This study uses quantitative and qualitative data to describe how the pandemic influenced travel on the Prague-Pilsen (Praha-Plzen) railway line. The results of the case study on the Prague-Pilsen railway line are consistent with experiences in other countries. 38% decrease in passenger numbers was found between 2019 and 2020. Although numbers are increasing again, they still have not reached the pre-pandemic level. The number of connections has also decreased by a third on average (2019 to 2020). We also conducted in-depth interviews with train passengers on the above-mentioned route. Two-thirds of passengers stated that the frequency of their journeys had not been affected by the pandemic. However, like the other participants, they described other changes caused by the pandemic. Fear of infection played an important role, and the inconvenience of overcrowding was mentioned several times. The switch from buses to trains was mentioned, as was the fact that more and more travellers prefer to travel first class. In some cases, changes in the temporality of trips were also documented. The survey suggests that respondents travel less frequently by train for systematic, functional, health or social reasons.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50703 - Transport planning and social aspects of transport (transport engineering to be 2.1)

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF16_026%2F0008430" target="_blank" >EF16_026/0008430: New Mobility - High-Speed Transport Systems and Transport-Related Human Behaviour</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Review of Economic Perspectives – Národohospodářský obzor

ISSN

1213-2446

e-ISSN

1804-1663

Volume of the periodical

22

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

317-332

UT code for WoS article

000908913900005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85144940746