Analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the future of public transport: example of Warsaw
Authors:
- Marek Bauer,
- Kinga Bauer
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic is completely changing the transport customs of city residents. It has decreased the number of travels and has affected changes in the division of transport means. This article presents a case study of the city of Warsaw, attempting to describe the process of changes in the use of public transport in daily trips in the following months of the pandemic. Statistical data on the public transport offer, number of passengers, and tickets sold in 2017-2021, which are available in monthly and annual bulletins issued by the public transport organizer, were used. The knowledge base was supplemented with the results of surveys conducted among the city’s residents. The obtained data were organized and analyzed using descriptive statistics methods. The study findings reveal that the lower use of public transport for travel during the COVID-19 pandemic is mainly due to the imposed limits on the number of passengers and is also linked to changes in the structure of the tickets purchased, especially a significant decrease in the sale of long-distance tickets, which implies the loss of a significant number of most valuable, regular users. It was also observed that the appraisal of public transport did not deteriorate, which allowed to expect with optimism the return of passengers after the pandemic. Therefore, a package of possible steps to be taken to restore confidence in public transport and to enable return of lost passengers is presented. The results of the analyses show how easily passengers can be lost and why it is so important to ensure the functioning of public transport even in crisis situations such as a pandemic. These results can also be applied in transport policy updates.
- Record ID
- CUT8c14cf6d8bbc4ddcb0ec2747a73a775f
- Publication categories
- ;
- Author
- Journal series
- Sustainability, ISSN , e-ISSN 2071-1050, Biweekly
- Issue year
- 2022
- Vol
- 14
- No
- 12
- Pages
- [1-22]
- Article number
- 7268
- Other elements of collation
- tab.; wykr.; Bibliografia (na s.) - 20-22; Bibliografia (liczba pozycji) - 54; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Abstr.; Numeracja w czasopiśmie - Vol. 14, Iss. 12, Spec. Iss.
- Substantive notes
- Special Issue: Sustainable Public Transport in Urban Areas – Optimization, Management and Development
- Keywords in English
- COVID-19 pandemic, public transport, transport behaviors, revenues from tickets, passenger volumes
- ASJC Classification
- ; ;
- DOI
- DOI:10.3390/su14127268 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/12/7268/xml Opening in a new tab
- Related project
- [nr 3938/2022] Cracow University of Economics. . Project leader at PK: , ,
- Language
- eng (en) English
- License
- Score (nominal)
- 100
- Score source
- journalList
- Score
- Publication indicators
- Additional fields
- Indeksowana w: Web of Science, Scopus
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUT8c14cf6d8bbc4ddcb0ec2747a73a775f/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUT8c14cf6d8bbc4ddcb0ec2747a73a775f
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