The Dilemma of Transport Policy Making and the COVID-19 Accelerator
Transport and Pandemic Experiences
ISBN: 978-1-80117-345-2, eISBN: 978-1-80117-344-5
Publication date: 17 October 2022
Abstract
Transport policy is constrained by the dilemma of the positive impacts of lowering the generalised costs of travel and their today non-ignorable negative externalities. This chapter details this dilemma and discusses current policy ideas to manage and overcome it against the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel habits and work behaviour. The impacts are presented for Switzerland for which a large-scale GPS tracking survey spanning the autumn 2019 to winter 2021 period is available. The chapter concludes by highlighting the dilemma of transport policy by discussing a number of potential solutions for the future.
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
This chapter is based on Axhausen (2020) and benefitted from further discussions with B. Loo (University of Hong Kong), David Hensher (University of Sydney) and other discussions at various occasions, where I had the chance to present these ideas. I am grateful for the comments of the editor, the reviewers and colleagues, which have improved the chapter.
It draws on the data from the MOBIS/COVID19 team: B. Hintermann, B. Schoeman, both at the University of Basel, and J Molloy, T. Schatzmann and C. Tchervenkov at the IVT, ETH Zurich.
Citation
Axhausen, K.W. (2022), "The Dilemma of Transport Policy Making and the COVID-19 Accelerator", Attard, M. and Mulley, C. (Ed.) Transport and Pandemic Experiences (Transport and Sustainability, Vol. 17), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 39-51. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2044-994120220000017003
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