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Mobility, environment and inequalities in the post-COVID city

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about enormous disruption in mobility in cities. We review and analyse the evidence generated since the advent of the crisis, paying special attention to travel behaviour changes and how they are hampering the achievement of sustainability goals. Modal shifts to more individual modes of transport, with regained interest in car usage, combined with the financial distress of public transportation and raising inequalities, appear as the most challenging problems city planners face if travel preferences do not revert shortly. We discuss policies and measures that could be implemented so that these risks are addressed and lessened.

Source: Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society

DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rsac021

Authors: Daniel Albalate, Germà Bel, Albert Gragera

Institution: Universitat de Barcelona

Language: English

Topic: Transportation Planning and Optimization

Subfield: Transportation

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Generalitat de Catalunya, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación