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3 | How have your perceptions of the current transport landscape changed during the COVID-19 pandemic? | What have you heard, read, seen, or experienced that best supports your perceptions described above (feel free to provide links)? | What do you believe is the best case outcome for transport as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic? | Do you believe COVID-19 will have a lasting effect on transport? | How realistic do you believe this outcome is (links welcome)? | What effects do you expect COVID-19 will have in the long-term (5-10 years)? | What have you heard, read, seen, or experienced that best supports these expectations (feel free to reference a source or provide links)? | What do you believe will be the lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in your geographic area? | How might this be different from other places? | Where is your primary residence (country and city / region)? | How would you describe your primary local community? | How old are you? | How would you describe your gender? | How would you describe your ethnicity? | What is your highest level of education? | What is your current employment status? | In what field is your primary profession (eg government, education, customer service)? | Do you work in the transport / mobility sector? | Any other comments or feedback (share anything you like)? | What effects do you expect COVID-19 will have in the near-term (1-5 years)? | Highlight Quotes | Notes & Comments | Position Statements | Where is your primary residence (country and city / region)? | How would you describe your ethnicity? | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | I now realise that I can work from home (wfh) more frequently without detriment to working relationships. My previous typicslly 1 day per week wfh is likely to be 2 or 3 days wfh post Covid-19. My preference for public transport (pt) over private car (despite additional cost) is likely to be suppressed by concerns about pt Covid-19 risks on pt and after Covid-19 I am likely to drive to work for the days when I am in the office until all risk of Covid-19 on pt has passed. | Reduced pollutant emissions, improving air quality and CO2. | Minor lasting effect | Very likely | More people will work from home more frequently. This will result in reduced demand for office space and city/Town centre parking for employment. Consequently the demand for parking in residential areas will increase. Public transport demand will stay depressed initially, as people are wary of catching Covid-19. Once that dip has finished, there will be an even greater demand for multi-trip tickets rather than season tickets for a fixed length of time, as season tickets will make less financial sense if people are working from home more days per week. | Work by the AA, quoted in BBC news: www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/science-environment-52137968 | Reduced demand for travel helping to ease congestion and improve air quality. | Greater impact in the South East where major routes into London are heavily congested. | South East England. Reading/Oxford | Rural | 40-54 | Male | White British | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Transport Planning | Yes | More people will work from home more frequently. This will result in reduced demand for office space and city/Town centre parking for employment. Consequently the demand for parking in residential areas will increase. Public transport demand will stay depressed initially, as people are wary of catching Covid-19. Once that dip has finished, there will be an even greater demand for multi-trip tickets rather than season tickets for a fixed length of time, as season tickets will make less financial sense if people are working from home more days per week. | work from home, less peak travel | The shift to telecommuting / working from home will be permanent for many. | South East England. Reading/Oxford | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | We need to think a lot more broadly about how we achieve the outcomes we want, not be attached to earlier priorities. We will have to fight on an existential level, and at least that’s clarifying. Collaboration will be even more important; coalition building, and understanding political landscapes, as well. | Can’t nail that down, sorry. All the articles I’ve been reading, discussions I’ve had with other advocates, plus ‘the power broker’ maybe? | Public and active Transportation have to be centered as a core element of the economic recovery. | Significant lasting effect | 50%. Sorry no links; quite pressed for time. | Totally depends on the effectiveness (collaboration, strategy) of the advocacy community AND the responsiveness (motivation and capacity) of elected officials and civil servants. | Advocate comments (some published) about great opportunities as well as death spiral’ type articles. There’s a Seemingly crushing resource/financial situation ahead, and yet a systemic shock like the one we are in now is too rare not to open up some opportunities. I guess I’ve also experienced enough surprises in life that I’m comfortable with the idea of dependent variables, and the prospect of a determined fate for mobility seems hollow. | Take us 5-7 years or so to recover economically. I hope we will do so in a way that’s more equitable and healthy. But I don’t know. | DC region has a very strong anchor in the federal government. | Washington, DC | Urban | 25-39 | Female | White | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Transportation advocacy | Yes | Thanks for doing this! | Public and active Transportation have to be centered as a core element of the economic recovery. | improve public and active transportation | Public and active Transportation have to be centered as a core element of the economic recovery. | Washington, DC | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | From optimism on duration and effects to increasing uncertainty around how to restart society after lock down. | Allow transport to support economic recovery ASAP, and do not impose major new restrictions. | Significant lasting effect | Far fewer flights, collapse of airlines and much higher prices for long distance travel, public transport providers nationalised, return to private ownership and use, reduced congestion due to economic decline. | Australia, Sydney | Urban | 55 or older | Male | White | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Transport planning | Yes | Far fewer flights, collapse of airlines and much higher prices for long distance travel, public transport providers nationalised, return to private ownership and use, reduced congestion due to economic decline. | Australia, Sydney | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | That Freight and Logistics is alot more important and critical for passenger transport (save for the movement of key workers). | To many articles are just referring to Passenger movement and very few in the freight and logistics space. | Improved awareness of and action of freight strategies to reflect an evolving normal of decarbonisation and black swan events. | Minor lasting effect | In core cities - quite likely. | Reduction in long distance business travel and commuting into major cities by public transport by those occupations where there is significant ability to work from home. Expect work to become much more distributed through shared office space in smaller locations. Significant changes in freight and logistics not least as 'and freight' becomes 'and passenger' as Freight planning especially in the public sector becomes front and centre stage rather than an after thought. Freight for vision and validate approach to transport strategy has suddenly become alot more important as TfSE and TfGM are finding out. | Too many to list and my own neurodiverse brain. | More home delivery | None | Clwyd, Wales | Urban | 40-54 | Male | Welsh | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Consultant | Yes | Reduction in long distance business travel and commuting into major cities by public transport by those occupations where there is significant ability to work from home. Expect work to become much more distributed through shared office space in smaller locations. Significant changes in freight and logistics not least as 'and freight' becomes 'and passenger' as Freight planning especially in the public sector becomes front and centre stage rather than an after thought. Freight for vision and validate approach to transport strategy has suddenly become alot more important as TfSE and TfGM are finding out. | Clwyd, Wales | Welsh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | The major change that can be observed is that people can adopt to changes in transportation system.It can Be observed that during these tough times micromobility plays a major role in revitalising the transport system. | Social distancing is the effective way of not catching this virus.In order to achieve this mass transit system should be operated with minimal occupancy,also intercity transit should be emphasised on micromobility systems | Significant lasting effect | I would rate it like 7/10 | Talking in transportation perspective, this pandemic is going to impact the mobility systems mainly mass public transport. If a permanent cure is not found then the commuters using mass public transport is going to sink considerably,Citizens will prefer more of a solo transport system like pvt cars,bikes than the former. This is going to impact the principle of TOD as the intensity of travel reduces.The impact of transport sector can be felt in other sectors ,leading to a downfall in the economy. | I’m from Mysore,India | Urban | 18-24 | Male | Indian | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Student | Education | No | I’m from Mysore,India | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | I can only speak of my immediate surroundings as not been further afield for a month. Less people are using all forms of transport but model hasn't changed. Noticeably less noise from cars and planes. I hear more clearly the sounds of trains running nearby. There are more birds in my garden and less running motors from cars parked beside my house while someone using the shop nearby. Walking now when they normally took the car. When I first lived in my current home it was like this - before the shop became a store and post office. I had forgotten how peaceful it had been. I live in a village on the edge of an AONB but as have a train station there are many commuters and people use their cars a lot too. I notice that I have less black deposits on outside windows and cills and on the washing line. | That we move more quickly to remove petrol and diesel vehicles- electrify all railways , invest heavily in bus services and make them free - bring in more bus ways and trams. Reduce significantly air travel with personal miles allocations or carbon quotas. This applied regardless of income. Positively encourage working from home and create multi occupancy offices for self employed or 'home' workers reducing need to travel. Cruise ships to be limited in terms of trips and destinations. | Minor lasting effect | Where there is a will there is a way - if we see this as an opportunity and a form of investment, both financially and into our long term chances of human survival, it will be possible and will ensure our future prosperity. | I fear the needs of the 'economy' will result in attempts to recreate what we had, rather than grasp the opportunity and need for dramatic changes to address Climate Change. The split between the haves and havenot's will intensify and may lead to social unrest. | I am a County Councillor and I note the attempts to continue business as usual in terms of planning and progressing a highly unpopular Local Plan - without the usual public engagement and scrutiny. I see similar things happening in some other areas as reported on Twitter and FB. Government is encouraging the business as usual approach to planning and failed to shut down building sites. Putting workers and their families at risk - why? Work on HS2 is ongoing - taking the opportunity of lockdown to remove trees including ancient Woodlands. Why? Large developments are being pushed through the system and the Our County Council's Climate change Action Plan has yet to be formulated - refuses to revisit past decisions, has no budget and no staff to progress it. Employment offer based on logistics - warehousing and roads. I believe this is because development and logistics have taken over from the financial services sector as forms of investment providing substantial returns. There are vested interests at work and a grasping of an opportunity to benefit from the situation. Agricultural land with planning permission for 1500 homes and employment sites better in portfolio than the land on it's own. There is no recognition or acceptance that we cannot/should not carry on as if this was just a blip. Investing in new technologies and forms of transport etc. should be the way forward. Rather we are seeking to entrench the status quo and enforce it's continuatio . Even in China the people are saying we cannot go back to normal because normal was a problem. | For residents - economically it will be very damaging as this and surrounding area consists of commuters to places such as London and MK. We have a nearby airport. We are a dormitory area and proposed development is based mostly on providing homes for new commuters. The logistics and roads to serve the proposed Ox Cam Arc. As these are the major focus it is difficult to see how current plans can proceed - there is no escaping the collapse of jobs and businesses that will change lives for years to come. Who will be able to pay current mortgages and who will be able to buy or rent a new home? How many well paying jobs will survive? There have been hundreds of deaths and no doubt there will be more. I think we will see great hardships if there is not a sea change in approach to just about every aspect of our current plans. The lack of health care provision for existing and future residents will be highlighted - already an issue of great concern here. | It will differ from any Town but I do think the fact that we are a dormitory area brings in factors such as the distance to travel to any job. This requires cars - 2 or more in most families as both partners and also grown children have to travel some distance to work place (no bus service). The other option is the train - both forms of transport require substantial costs. How many jobs will be lost and what happens if the mortgages can't be paid? Well paying local jobs are unlikely to be found by many. I think the opportunities will be more limited here. | UK near Luton/Dunstable | Rural | 55 or older | Female | White british | I have A levels and professional qualifications | I am a County Councillor and Trustee and planningvolunteer for CPRE | Government | No | I have grave concerns that 'vested interests' will.make wrong decisions based on personal gain. We have a chance to change and we may not grasp it for those reasons. | That we move more quickly to remove petrol and diesel vehicles- electrify all railways , invest heavily in bus services and make them free - bring in more bus ways and trams. Reduce significantly air travel with personal miles allocations or carbon quotas. This applied regardless of income. Positively encourage working from home and create multi occupancy offices for self employed or 'home' workers reducing need to travel. Cruise ships to be limited in terms of trips and destinations. | UK near Luton/Dunstable | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | I live in northeast Wisconsin, a state that has turned its back on public transportation and chose to invest in highways. My only option is to live near work or use the highway system to get to work. There are public buses, but run infrequently. I chose to live near work, within walking distance. Most people I work with rely on their private vehicle and the highway system to get to work. My transportation world has not changed during covid-19. I am working from home, so I have benefited from temporarily moving in with my long distance significant other (1 hour highway drive between the two of us). Now, I don't need to commute to see him. If there was a high speed train connecting our lives we would not be long distance. Our jobs are 1.5 hours apart, so we have our own separate apartments. In a way, transportation defines and restricts our relationship. | I don't know that there has been a change as result of covid-19. | Increased telecommuting, less congestion, less reliance on private vehicles, less pollution, less reliance on fuels. More dense development patterns. This could cause less unique trips to service and retails businesses, catapulting the online/delivery economy even further than it already is. Those business will change the most long term. I could see restaurants moving their kitchens to large warehouses with no public facing option, only delivery and online. | Minor lasting effect | I think that some employees could make changes if they are forward thinking. Maybe 10% increase in telecommuting or a options to WFH one or more times per week. | Less commuting and more telecommuting. | Employers have this experiment which they have been forced to conduct. They are able to see how effective working from home can be for a variety of positions. I hope they make decisions based on this unintended new data. | Northeast Wisconsin Highway 41 corridor, Oshkosh to Green Bay | Urban | 25-39 | Female | white | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | City Planning - Local Goverment | Sort of | Increased telecommuting, less congestion, less reliance on private vehicles, less pollution, less reliance on fuels. More dense development patterns. This could cause less unique trips to service and retails businesses, catapulting the online/delivery economy even further than it already is. Those business will change the most long term. I could see restaurants moving their kitchens to large warehouses with no public facing option, only delivery and online. | Many restaurants will permanently shift to delivery and online models with no public facing option. | Northeast Wisconsin Highway 41 corridor, Oshkosh to Green Bay | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | It's seems personal vehicle will more be used | Shutting of mass transit in city | Decentralisation and decongestion of city | Significant lasting effect | Very much | Mass transit shall suffer | How quickly virus transmit in crowded areas | Lesser social gatherings | No much difference would be noticed | India, Chandigarh | Urban | 25-39 | Male | Indian | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Urban planning consultancy | Sort of | India, Chandigarh | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Yes, we already very reliant on trucks | Get rail moving for freight and volume | Significant lasting effect | Very | Strengthen supply chains. Rethink how to move goods and essential supplies around. Reduce people travelling for work so much when can video | Semi rural | Rural | 55 or older | Female | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Government | Sort of | Semi rural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Only with regard to mass transit. I think this will become a less socially acceptable travel mode, which could be reflected in increased car usage, or more hopefully more home based working. | No, but it's early days and still in lockdown. The need for businesses to continue to function is however breeding flexibility and that's ultimately good for the economy. | Don't act too quickly. Ad hoc transport development is normally a bad thing as it lacks real forethought and integration. | Somewhere between minor and significant. It will change peoples perception of mass transit in the short to medium term, but this what is ultimately needed IF we don't change to a more decentralised home based work environment (or at least treat this as a serious and genuinely accepted working option) | Money is limited and there will be no drivers (or limited benefits) to make sudden changes, except that construction does drive economic prosperity. | Probably a flattening of growth as more people work from home and this becomes an accepted way to carry out business. | I'm in a semi rural area, so no changes. | More changes in urban environment, but this is largely depending on business responses to work/lifestyle changes. | Auckland, New Zealand | Rural | 40-54 | Male | European | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Government | Yes | Don't act too quickly. Ad hoc transport development is normally a bad thing as it lacks real forethought and integration. | Don't act too quickly. Ad hoc transport development is normally a bad thing as it lacks real forethought and integration. | Auckland, New Zealand | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | My view towards living locally hasn’t changed. I still see big investment in zero emission public transport as worthwhile, but think big investment towards safe cycle paths is the priority | People are a little fearful about public transport | The collapse of airlines and international travel, and the move towards localism, which will have a positive impact on reduction in greenhouse emissions and the climate emergency | Significant lasting effect | A systemic change away from globalisation has already happened, and it is totally unlikely to return to Bau, mostly because of the collapse of the share market, and unsustainable oil production such as fracking. | Will shift people onto more active modes such as walking and cycling, and living more locally | People are using the bikes and liking, they are taking walks together in the local neighbourhood, they are aware of the dangers of cross contamination when they fly especially internationally. | More support for local economy, loss of jobs related to tourism | Collapse of international tourism to NZ will have a worse impact because of the large number of people employed in this sector | Wellington, New Zealand | Urban | 55 or older | Male | European New Zealander | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Retired | Scientist - Meteorologist | No | I am a meteorologist by profession, but have been an environmental activist most of my life, and most recently served for 3 terms as a Regional Councillor, responsible for public transport, water, resource management etc. | The collapse of airlines and international travel, and the move towards localism, which will have a positive impact on reduction in greenhouse emissions and the climate emergency. Will shift people onto more active modes such as walking and cycling, and living more locally. | This will collapse airlines and international travel, and spur the move towards localism, which will have a positive impact on reduction in greenhouse emissions and the climate emergency. | Wellington, New Zealand | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Fragility of business models supporting public transport | Conversations with senior staff in operators | People travel less as new models of working discovered | Significant lasting effect | Inevitable to some degree, but to what V extent is the main uncertainty | The long term is not path independent, so will be determined by the nearer points. And in the next two years, before a vaccine - who will travel on po public transport? An ongoing major hit to mass transit, especially buses will set a path to more individual transit options | Evidence from China of optical in car use after lockdown. Impact on bus drivers and public transport staff, operations stopping for staff safety grounds | Reduced travel to major centres such a cities eg Londkn | The cities will have a harder job adapting | UK, Oxfordshire | Suburban | 40-54 | Male | White | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Business management | Sort of | Interested in t bi is conversation and in other views | Fragility of business models supporting public transport | The pandemic has exposed the fragility of most common business models supporting public transport. | UK, Oxfordshire | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | more local desire for tangible improvements | people rediscovering their local grocery stores and parks they can walk or bike to | greater appreciation for the emergency of climate change | Minor lasting effect | depends on world context | work from home, negative impact on transit given lack of funding and need for farebox recovery | all but essential workers still working are doing it from home, technology is working | greater active mobility desire | we don't have snow | metro vancouver | Urban | 40-54 | Male | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | government | Yes | metro vancouver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | The transport landscape is dominated by far too many fossil fueled & individually owned vehicles. I felt this already but the glorious lack of their presence has reinforced this, and convinced me that the streets belong to people not cars. | I have experienced the sheer joy of not being assaulted by noise, fumes & danger whilst cycling and walking. I have seen & heard many more of our native birds in the inner city area where I live. | a large investment by transport authorities into: reshaping streets as shared spaces and as part of the community wellbeing environment, vast expansion of green public transport modes, investment in transport diversity innovation, into green electricity sources & electric vehicle replacement for fossil fuel vehicles, and investment into startups that support these plus workforce opportunities to enter these new areas | only if nationally & globally people decide to make a change | I don't feel overly optimistic. It will only happen if populations en masse demand it. | I think/hope it will crystallise voices calling for change and precipitate into action, not just words | too many opinions & articles on social media channels to link to any specifically | Not sure. I hope for sweeping change not only in transport but in economic and social change to less greed-fueled capitalism and more social & economic equity, for redirection into very different economic activities focused on combating climate change. Our government is open and there's a large voice for this in the nation, but there will also be many strong interests to go back to the status quo | New Zealand tends to change directions fairly quickly, has done in the past | New Zealand, Wellington | Urban | 55 or older | Female | Caucasian | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | IT | Yes | thanks for doing this, the more voices the better, it takes a lot to effect radical change | a large investment by transport authorities into: reshaping streets as shared spaces and as part of the community wellbeing environment, vast expansion of green public transport modes, investment in transport diversity innovation, into green electricity sources & electric vehicle replacement for fossil fuel vehicles, and investment into startups that support these plus workforce opportunities to enter these new areas | The pandemic will lead to a large investment by local governments and transport authorities into reshaping streets as shared spaces. | New Zealand, Wellington | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | I am somewhat surprised both at how much I depended on trains / buses, and how well I can do without them when I must. | The train I would use to get to recreational bike rides is now for essential activities only; the bus lines I would use to visit my parents for elder care are now not running at all. | Develop a better funding model, that doesn't collapse when ridership is low. | Significant lasting effect | No idea, really. | People will be uneasy about shared scooters / bikes for a while, but it'll probably fade. | Scooter / bike share has pretty much disappeared for now, and the companies are suffering. | In California and the SF Bay Area the impact will be low, because our political leaders acted quickly. | Elsewhere in the USA the impact will likely be huge, due to virus denialism in the Republican states and at the federal level. | USA, San Francisco Bay Area | Urban | 55 or older | Male | whiteish | High school degree or equivalent | Employed part-time (under 35 hours per week) | software | No | I am somewhat surprised both at how much I depended on trains / buses, and how well I can do without them when I must. [we need to] Develop a better funding model, that doesn't collapse when ridership is low. | USA, San Francisco Bay Area | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | More people should be working from home instead of commuting. I am angry that our public trains have been filthy for a very long time and even more angry about it now that cleanliness could help people not get sick. | Increased cleanliness of public transport | Significant lasting effect | People wearing gloves and masks regularly, maximum capacities allowed on vehicles, public shaming of ill or seemingly ill individuals | The lasting impact of layoffs of people in the service industry. People cannot pay rent or mortgages. High unemployment. | The Bay Area is very expensive and high homeless rates already. | Bay Area California USA. | Suburban | 25-39 | Female | Mexican American | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Education | No | Bay Area California USA. | Mexican American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | I have long been an optimist for shared mobility services, particularly in denser urban areas where the inconveniences of personal mobility only continue to grow (congestion, parking, air quality, impact on walkability, etc.). I fear I was naive to not have seen something like this coming, a disruption that puts a pause on the push factors (congestion, gas prices, etc.), while substantially increasing the perception of risk that comes with ditching your own car in favor of shared mobility. | Nothing really, just a hunch. | COVID-19 lays bare the vital importance of public transit as critical infrastructure and begin to fund it accordingly | Significant lasting effect | It will depend on the country or city, but in the US where transit relies so heavily on a mix of federal funding, state/local taxes, and farebox revenue, I just don't see it happening. | I expect it will change the largely market-based trajectory of shared mobility services, as people rethink their level of comfort sharing cars, bikes, and scooters with strangers. I also think it will likely supercharge the push towards telecommuting, as many companies that adjust their work processes during this time may have little incentive to go back to the way it was. | Lot's of things, but none that jump out at the moment. | It could revitalize the cycling community, leading to more bike commuters. Given Portland's economic mix, It could also lead to a substantial increase in work-from-home workers. | First, cities that lack basic bike infrastructure will be at a significant disadvantage as people start going back to work. As will markets that feature higher concentration of jobs in non tech/service/business services sectors will have (and are having) a tough time transitioning to work-from-home. | Portland, Oregon, USA | Urban | 25-39 | Male | White | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Consulting | Yes | Thank you everyone for participating! (jd) | I fear I was naive to not have seen something like this coming, a disruption that puts a pause on the push factors (congestion, gas prices, etc.), while substantially increasing the perception of risk that comes with ditching your own car in favor of shared mobility. | I fear I was naive to not have seen something like this coming, a disruption that puts a pause on the push factors (congestion, gas prices, etc.), while substantially increasing the perception of risk that comes with ditching your own car in favor of shared mobility. | Portland, Oregon, USA | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Flights reduced. No planes flying overhead. | I no longer see planes in the sky | Transport for tourism has taken quite a hit. More focus on local transport options. | Significant lasting effect | Much reduced air travel. Tougher border controls. | Countries setting up 14 day quarantine periods. Ban on non residents entering countries | Liv in quite a small place. Transport still very much car focused | Small population. Hard to get economies of scale that large metro areas can get. | Feilding, New Zealand | Suburban | 40-54 | Male | White | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Information Technology | No | Airlines are borked unless border controls are back to pre-COVID19 days. Can't see that happening until there is a vaccine. Airlines until will be struggling for relevance. | Feilding, New Zealand | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Planes have amazing filtration systems, public transit could learn a lot from the airline industry. Car-free cities are AMAZING - noise pollution is a large, unacknowledged source of stress. | Slow transport movement. Cities heal themselves from commuter chaos, as more people choose to work remotely, work flexible hours, integrate exercise into their commute, appreciate the resilience of human-powered modes of transportation. | Minor lasting effect | Unlikely. | Will change the way mass transportation operates - lower passenger numbers, increased hygiene costs. International transit will drop dramatically, domestic travel will rise as a result. Complicated supply chains will breakdown; local ones will strengthen - a diminishing of 'physical' globalisation. Government spending will change, with more budget flowing towards health care and social services. There may be a small push back against urbanisation, as more people take up the opportunity to work remotely, and place greater value on space and self sufficiency. Those who stay in cities may become even more insular, relying on private transit and increase demand for delivery services. | Decreased use of public transport | No different. | Wellington, New Zealand | Urban | 25-39 | Female | Pākehā | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Government | Yes | Slow transport movement. Cities heal themselves from commuter chaos, as more people choose to work remotely, work flexible hours, integrate exercise into their commute, appreciate the resilience of human-powered modes of transportation. | Wellington, New Zealand | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | No | Électrification and more community transport. | Minor lasting effect | 90% | More electric transport (community and individual). | Our government (Québec) plans to go massively this way. | Massive change in gov. Preparedness (less globalization) for strategic equipment; massive change in the way we manage our elderly residences (high number of deaths). | Canada, province of Québec. | Suburban | 55 or older | Male | White | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Retired | Gov management (IT) | No | Électrification and more community transport. | Canada, province of Québec. | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | When walking around the neighbourhood it is very obvious how much space is given over to cars, both for parking and driving, and how people are enjoying using that space for other activites now that there is little car transport. Walking, family groups biking or simply children playing in the street. | As above.. just observed change in usage of streets | A realisation that car trips are not as essential as once thought resulting in fewer cars on the road and a lean towards the car not being considered the first option for moving people from one place to another. Also the realisation of what can be done in the local area without needing to move to another place, therefore reducing transport further. (work, shop and play in your local area rather than driving to a park | Significant lasting effect | It's going to be a challenge as the likely initial reaction of people to release from "lock-down" will be to avoid public transport, therefore use their cars. There is also a major effort to "boost the economy" by govt funding of infrastructure projects, and those have a tendency to be roads. It would be good to see the infrastructure projects be more dedicated to improving local communities so people don't feel that they need to travel. | People & organisations are discovering that they can work from home successfully with all the current technology available, so there is likely to be a significant shift to working from home more regularly, which will reduce all types of transport (bike, public, car etc). The reduction in private cars will also result in lower taxes gathered from fuel, therefore potentially reduced govt money to spend on transport infrastructure. Also may result in reduced income for oil economies... leading to reduced influence over politics and therefore policy around green transport options. | Discussions both online, with friends, family and colleagues re the enhance ability to work from home and a desire to maintain the ability to work from home on a regular basis after lock down... the remainder is only conjecture about possible effects | Hopefully the community will push for the golf course being converted to a community space as so many more people are using it now that it's closed to golf than when it was open. maybe there will also be support for closing some streets to cars given the obvious joy some families are getting from taking them over for play. Unfortunately there is also a strong possibility of closure of local shops and cafes as the village centre is made up of all small businesses that have all had to close over the lockdown period. This closure would mean having to travel further for cafes, supermarkets etc | New Zealand, Wellington | Suburban | 40-54 | Female | Pakeha | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Sort of | When walking around the neighbourhood it is very obvious how much space is given over to cars, both for parking and driving, and how people are enjoying using that space for other activites now that there is little car transport. | New Zealand, Wellington | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | return to pre COVID by 2023 | Significant lasting effect | 50% | Reset Demand back 3-4 years | Air travel reduction | NZ is a long way from everywhere and also relies on internal flights | Wellington NZ | Suburban | 55 or older | Male | NZ Pakeha | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Engineering | Yes | Wellington NZ | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | That we don't NEED to travel/use the transport network as much as we usually do. Typically we drive, take public transport without giving it much thought - but actually we could reduce number of trips with better planning. | Anecdotal feedback. | Decreased total travel (therefore environmental benefits) and sustained use of more active modes. | Minor lasting effect | 60% likelihood initially, declining over time | Some behaviour change initiated in lockdown will be maintained - e.g. more working from home/less commuting to work (via all modes); in NZ there is going to be some increased investment short-term in cycling/walking infrastructure (including to support 'distancing') and this infrastructure will continue to be available long-term - so theoretically will support increased walking/cycling. | Anecdotal feedback from people about adjusting to working form home and deriving multiple benefits from it. | Less 'commuting' to work; increased utilisation of local community assets (parks etc) 'found' while people have been restricted to walks etc in their local areas during lockdown | Probably not different at all. | Auckland, New Zealand | Urban | 40-54 | Female | Pakeha (NZ European) | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Government | Yes | Good luck with your analysis | Auckland, New Zealand | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Mine, very little. Everyone else seems surprised at how much non-essential travel there was. | Lots of pictures of empty roads and ZOMG comments on the interwebs. | International flights remain restricted after the collapse of many airlines, and those that wish to recover are encouraged to adopt more environmentally friendly vehicles such as electric propulsion and airships. This totally changes people's perception on travel, and fossil fuel powered transport becomes rapidly obsolete. | Minor lasting effect | 9/10 of bugger all | Very little once the lockdown is lifted. | People have a 2 week attention span, and vested business interests know how to play it. | People being a bit more proactive with their civil defence kits, quietly installing essential services like heating systems that can use local materials or renewable resources but do not fit council regs., and growing more fresh veggies. | Plenty of room, a good community network, talented people clustering around an agriculturally significant town. | New Zealand, Wairarapa | Rural | 55 or older | Male | Pakeha | Prefer not to say | Retired | IT | No | Most likely outcome: Big Business will demand huge subsidies to get them back exactly where things was before, under the threat of letting everything fold and leaving the voters in the shit. All the smaller contractors that didn't manage to stay going as "essential services" (because central government finds them too dispersed and inconvenient to deal with) will get a minuscule slice of the pie, and the monopolies will emerge stronger than ever. | International flights remain restricted after the collapse of many airlines, and those that wish to recover are encouraged to adopt more environmentally friendly vehicles such as electric propulsion and airships. This totally changes people's perception on travel, and fossil fuel powered transport becomes rapidly obsolete. | International flights will remain restricted after the collapse of many airlines, and those that wish to recover are encouraged to adopt more environmentally friendly vehicles such as electric propulsion and airships. This totally changes people's perception on travel, as fossil fuel powered transport becomes rapidly obsolete. | New Zealand, Wairarapa | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Lack of vehicular traffic has improved environment and safe shared space experience | Experienced riding around local streets and also supported by media reports | Less travel to and from work | Minor lasting effect | Reasonably likely but maybe not significant change | Less transport to work. More road sharing with other modes | Media | Hopefully better shared space use and less travel to and from work | Tauranga, New Zealand | Urban | 55 or older | Male | European | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed part-time (under 35 hours per week) | Transport Safety | Yes | Tauranga, New Zealand | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Funding is not a given and revenue sources are dependent on several factors, one of which being that gas taxes depend on people driving and purchasing gas (petrol). Will reduced demand become another significant downward pressure on the gas tax, along with fuel efficiency/electrification and inflation? | I work on the financial forecast for a regional long range plan | Best case is that behavior change and consumption patterns are forever altered; this can potentially break the status quo politicians have been stuck to and allow the opportunity to rethink systems and incorporate new methods and environmental justice/equity considerations. | Minor lasting effect | Not super realistic in a way because in the US many land use decisions have more or less permanently distanced people and the places they need to go. But it could realistically have lesser impacts than the best case and still be beneficial | Increased telecommuting may have a positive effect on congestion, air quality, and other outcomes | A few years back my organization did a scenario planning exercise. One of the scenarios was if people telecommuted one day per week and it had enormous impacts on congestion in the travel demand model. | I believe telecommuting will be more accepted since I have seen a dramatic change in manager perspective in my own planning agency. In the Dallas area there are many jobs in the sectors that would be amenable to telecommuting; that said, there are also many more jobs in the service sector regionally (where telecommuting may not be possible) that will not do as well if they don't creatively shift their business models and consumption remains reduced over time. | Places that rely on service sectors heavily for their tax bases may not fare as well; places with more progressive elected leadership may seize the opportunity to enhance equity better than the Dallas region. | USA, Dallas | Suburban | 25-39 | Female | White/Alaskan Native | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Regional planning (government) | Yes | Best case is that behavior change and consumption patterns are forever altered; this can potentially break the status quo politicians have been stuck to and allow the opportunity to rethink systems and incorporate new methods and environmental justice/equity considerations. | Behavior change and consumption patterns will be forever altered; this can potentially break the status quo politicians have been stuck to and allow the opportunity to rethink systems and incorporate new methods and environmental justice/equity considerations. | USA, Dallas | White/Alaskan Native | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Perversely and frustratingly for me, points to the value of the personal car. The delivery impact has also been huge - but it's not clear what that will be long term. The issue of inadequate sidewalk space and the persistence of beg buttons in many jurisdictions have been highlighted. The public health aspects of public transit, and the opportunities for infection, have long been on my mind. (Am hoping for some studies of that.) | Again, mostly coming from working within the City on these issues. The sidewalk widening issue - and street closures for distancing - has been discussed widely in both mass media and by people who specialize in transportation issues. See eg https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/120970386/how-coronavirus-will-change-the-face-of-the-cbd https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/coronavirus-street-closures.html | Increased attention to cycling networks - as bicycling emerged as a potential alternative to public transportation | Significant lasting effect | I think it will add to the existing impetus to expand bike networks, but will not have a profound effect | Funding problems will be the main impact. Reduced ridership on some systems will be a shorter term thing as people continue to avoid exposure | Ugh. Well, our own internal discussions about SFMTA funding impacts, and the stuff coming out of BART | Deeply damaged funding for key transportation systems | US has pretty terrible government support compared to some other countries | San Francisco, CA, USA | Urban | 55 or older | Male | White | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Government | Yes | San Francisco, CA, USA | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | no | less travel happening due to more work from home. | Minor lasting effect | highly likely | resistance to be in shared public transport, less commuting due to more working from home, | We have a poor quality city public transport system that could be at a tipping point to improve, but I hear people no wanting to be sat next to each other on a bus. | within the city, working from homw will significnaly reduce commutes at a time whne we are about to enter a significant rebuild that will result in highlevels of disruptions. more active transport as people have got used to more exercise time in lock down | the Hospital rebuild is a significant factor in our city that will need the transport network to change in the next 10 years anyway, so theCOVID is not disrupting a stable system, it is adding to the complexity of a system already in disruption. | Otago, New Zealand | Suburban | 40-54 | Male | European | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Education | Sort of | Otago, New Zealand | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Weaknesses and the unjust nature of current transport are becoming harder to overlook or ignore, although they were always there, especially with essential services like mass transit. Questions of freight movement and supply chain disruptions are coming to the fore. | News sources including traditional newspapers and specialized industry news outlets. | Better awareness among the general public of the strengths and weaknesses of types of transportation that they don't normally think about or use: role of automobiles, mass transit, walking and biking in their communities, movement of goods, etc. If I'm going to be really optimistic, a boost in sales of electric vehicles. | Minor lasting effect | Changes in the workforce and standards for working conditions in the mass transit industry; electric vehicles becoming an easier sell to the general public. | At the metro level, either a renewed commitment to or a significant re-thinking of the role of mass transit (could go either way). Also, a reduction in personal trips as more activities move online. | Metro areas in the U.S. will have different outcomes depending on factors such as the role of mass transit, tourism, industry sectors amenable (or not) to "work-from-home," and pace of acceleration of the home-delivery of goods. | Washington, DC | Suburban | 40-54 | Prefer not to say | White | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Yes | Washington, DC | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Public transportation is considered more essential than I previously thought. | https://www.vta.org/covid-19 | Increased subsidies for public transport, lower fares. | Significant lasting effect | Unlikely | Major reshuffling of capital affecting transportation providers with decreased fare revenue, as well as private transportation companies going bankrupt, paving the way for new companies to take the lead | https://twitter.com/limestoneroof/status/1248754590536945666 https://twitter.com/Austen/status/1240107133569347585 | A slight long-term increase in adoption of remote working arrangements in the tech sector results in a small drop in property prices in Silicon Valley. Combined with the fallout of the US healthcare system being exposed as unable to handle a major health crisis, this leads to a burst of the Silicon Valley property bubble as investment goes to other countries instead. | The technology sector dominates Silicon Valley. While other sectors, like manufacturing, logistics, services, etc. in other places saw a sharp drop in the stock market that tech did not suffer quite as much, tech companies are more volatile in the long term because of the nature of the rapidly changing industry. This volatility will only be enhanced by coronavirus, giving us a market that turns out clear winners and losers. | San José, California | Urban | 18-24 | Prefer not to say | High school degree or equivalent | Not employed | Technology | Yes | Public transportation is considered more essential than I previously thought. | Public transportation is considered more essential than I previously thought. | San José, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Little | We might finally decarbonise our society, add some humanity back to our urban planning, retrofit our existing communities to suit our needs, and reduce the discrimination inherent in the previous transport landscape. | Significant lasting effect | No chance that well do all of these things this year, but 100% that we will start the journey towards them. | Reduced travel at all scales | I fear that we will take generations to return to enjoying being in large groups. | There are plenty of places, e.g. UK and US, where the government is using this pandemic as a smoke screen for attacks on civil liberties. | Wellington, New Zealand | Urban | 40-54 | Prefer not to say | pakeha | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | computers | No | Good survey design! You should be proud | Wellington, New Zealand | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Less service, fear in costumers, empty seats | I already work in PT | Re engeenering the way PT give service | Significant lasting effect | Little realistic | Less mobility. Mobility with a lot of gadgets to prevent contagious | Tv, news, linkedin | Less tourism, less leisure, fear | All the world will be like that | Spain | Urban | 40-54 | Male | Caucasian | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Transportation | Yes | Spain | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Commuting cut to near zero –both public transport and private cars. At the same time a significant portion of the office based workforce has jumped to working remotely from the suburbs, which will be compounded by a month or more of forced trouble-shooting and practicing of ‘remote working’. One possible outcome will be organisations leveraging newly found remote working opportunities, and changing their operating model. For example cutting overheads by heavily reducing their presence and office-rent in the CBD, or moving to a regional location. In that case there would be more people remaining in the suburbs during the day, and suburban centres would be more utilised. eg local cafes, suburban shared office spaces and so on - all leading to increased local transport and reduction of commuting 'rush hour' effects and cbd traffic congestion. In turn that would encourage CBD to open up more to foot and ultralight vehicles. It seems one outcome may be a reaction against the trend towards reliance on global 'just-in-time' supply chains, leading to increased local production and/or warehousing. Possibly leading to relative reduction in global shipping? not sure about that one... | Abandonment of fossil fuel powered vehicles, and widespread acceptance/adoption of autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles. Most people the world over have seen the effect on their environments (especially cities) when fossil fuel vehicles are removed - it is astounding and emotionally compelling. The general upheaval and turbulence of markets and social norms, again globally, may foster transport tech initiatives and allow them to blossom quickly. Allow them to gain traction and momentum without the usual resistance and inertia from the status quo. | Significant lasting effect | Well obviously this is going to happen exactly as I say. Obviously! :) I guess one obstacle could be economic recession that limits available funding for developing and deploying large scale tech projects. | Local travel - Lock-down has initiated many people working from home or remotely, seems likely that may lead to further normalisation of that –hence people remaining local and a heavy reduction in commuter travel. The lock-down has given a kick start to many new people walking or using ultralight transport (eg bicycles) locally. It’s also given a sample of life without heavy car traffic. This ‘kick-start’ happened in the context of increased awareness and lobbying around infrastructure for ultra-light transport. eg cycle lanes, and the increased discussion and availability of electric bikes. It seems likely that Covid19 will accelerate uptake of localised ultra-light transport options. In the context of lower need for regular longer distance car trips it also seems likely that the profile of the vehicle fleet will change. That is to say there is currently a gap between electric cargo bikes, and contemporary light cars. Seems likely to be filled with something like a Paxster (light weight 1 or 2 person electric car) Ownership model of the vehicle fleet in 5 years probably a mixture of private ownership and shared. All of these things mean the current governance strategies, regulatory framework, and physical infrastructure will face significant change. Change that will be rammed through by necessity, rather than debated for years. Another integral challenge in that domain is autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles and how they are incorporated into our transport systems. It seems non-contact item delivery would be valued in a Covid19 world, so autonomy in local delivery vehicles gets an unexpected nudge. Longer distance travel: The same systems that may be normalised and optimised by remote working, will also apply to many ‘travel for work’ situations. EG this was demonstrated immediately upon lock-down by NZ govt officials conducting international meetings with Australia via video conference instead of their usual travel between countries. International tourism will be vastly reduced for the foreseeable future. For a year or two there’ll probably be various quarantine restrictions etc. Reduction in international flights would probably make them more expensive, further reducing the attraction of flying. So local tourism would probably increase (putting aside economic issues of recession etc). Seems likely the fleet of international pax aircraft will be severely reduced, and carriers will try to pivot their pax aircraft to air freight as much as possible – likely reducing prices for air freight. Another outcome may be big international carriers focusing inwards and consuming local markets. EG Air NZ suspended all international pax flights. But now NZ has a large and very hungry international transport company prowling the domestic market for business. Perhaps they will cause an increase in local flights, or lead to a more smoothly integrated national travel system? Or perhaps the loss of international scale generally will lead to a decrease in human aviation, with functions supplanted by drones. Cargo shipping has faced a similar immediate hit from Covid, and 'blanked' sailings are across the board (incidentally will lead to global shortages in a month or two). However that sector is dependent on trade, not human travel. Hence long term effect of Covid would be secondary via trade markets. Autonomous and semi-autonomous shipping is already well on the way. It's possible the market turbulence generally could accelerate their uptake. Especially if govts are resolving the challenges of autonomy in land transport. | Nationally - we will see near total annihilation of our international tourism industry for at least a few years. Local tourism cannot fill the gap. Presumably most tourism transport will be vastly reduced (flights, buses, ferries, and small craft) Locally - more people out and about locally, more bicycles. More local connection via cafe/shops etc. Online - not related to geography, but online life will continue to explode in use and scope. People are already having online parties that they wouldn't have considered a month ago. Who knows what that means for travel? NZ will become more insular and isolated from the rest of the world - we're already very isolated physically, and now we have reason to isolate further. | Isolation -NZ is already very isolated, and has an isolated mindset. | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | Suburban | 40-54 | Male | White european | Prefer not to say | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Engineer / government | Yes | I'd be interested in whatever things you produce: rkdj99@yahoo.com.au | So local tourism would probably increase (putting aside economic issues of recession etc). Seems likely the fleet of international pax aircraft will be severely reduced, and carriers will try to pivot their pax aircraft to air freight as much as possible – likely reducing prices for air freight. Another outcome may be big international carriers focusing inwards and consuming local markets. EG Air NZ suspended all international pax flights. But now NZ has a large and very hungry international transport company prowling the domestic market for business. Perhaps they will cause an increase in local flights, or lead to a more smoothly integrated national travel system? Or perhaps the loss of international scale generally will lead to a decrease in human aviation, with functions supplanted by drones. Cargo shipping has faced a similar immediate hit from Covid, and 'blanked' sailings are across the board (incidentally will lead to global shortages in a month or two). However that sector is dependent on trade, not human travel. Hence long term effect of Covid would be secondary via trade markets. Autonomous and semi-autonomous shipping is already well on the way. It's possible the market turbulence generally could accelerate their uptake. Especially if govts are resolving the challenges of autonomy in land transport. | rkdj99@yahoo.com.au | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Sense of possibility | Media stories and Twitter conversations linking covid19 with climate change imperatives and the opportunity the economic disruption brings for changing future investment priorities | Infrastructure supporting active modes and public transit fully invested in before pressure for status quo returns | Significant lasting effect | Depends on the political balance in each nation | Refocus attention on the local | Twitter conversations emphasising active modes in cities with cars locked down, and realising the infrastructure deficits that would make those modes feel safer at other times. | Active mode infrastructure investment - primarily cycleways that are fast to build | Some places already have more developed active-supporting infrastructure | Auckland, NZ | Urban | 40-54 | Male | Pakeha | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Health | No | Auckland, NZ | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | I note how sensitive the "optimal" mode mix is to our assumptions. While mass transit seemed like an obviously superior alternative to private vehicles just a few months ago, the sudden external requirement for maintaining physical distancing has significantly shifted this balance. This raises two questions for me: 1) Will public transport patronage suffer as a result, even when the physical distancing requirement has fallen away; and 2) What value do/should we place on the flexibility of our infrastructure, compared to its efficiency? Heavy rail is an extremely efficient mode of transport, but also very costly to adapt or retrofit as needs and assumptions change. What role can technology and policy play in this space? | Sorry - don't keep track of the news articles I casually browse :) | The social license around transport investments will be re-written. People will demand to live in more resilient communities with a reduced demand for travel and better active mode amenity, recalling the feeling of freedom at being able to move safely through the neighborhood streets almost devoid of cars. The realisation that individual action at a massive scale can have overwhelming impact, especially on the environment and climate change, will lead to a lasting change in behaviours and values, eventually translating into policy that drastically reduces the climate impact from transport. | Minor lasting effect | I look to the reaction to the recent global financial crisis as a weather-vane of our willingness to accept change now for future benefit. "Outlook not so good..." | There is a difference between my hopes and my expectations. My hopes are that there will be a lasting effect, consisting of a reduction in travel and conscious shift to more sustainable modes as people learn from this experience that a) it is possible and b) it does make a difference to how our places feel and how we affect the environment. I also hope that this social license then translates into a shift in investment towards the appropriate infrastructure, land-use planning and urban design. My expectation, however, is that only a minority of people will exhibit lasting behaviour change without leadership from governments. | My hopes are fuelled by initiatives such as NZ's "Innovating Streets for People" package, which aims to reclaim streets for more sustainable modes through tactical urbanism. The public discourse (twitter, LinkedIn, traditional media, etc) is also rife with people applauding the reduced car traffic and impacts of pollution. The counter-balance to this is that the effects we are seeing are due to an unsustainable, short-term, and externally imposed behaviour change. The conditions we are seeing now cannot be recreated once travel patterns return to what is required for a prosperous society (my assumption here), even if there is drastic mode shift towards more sustainable modes where possible, at least until urban design/land use/infrastructure investment create the necessary conditions. | I live in semi-rural New Zealand. I expect some increase in telecommuting, an increased demand for home deliveries, and a shift towards self sufficiency (with a small effect on the electricity grid). | I expect an exodus of young families from high density living as a result of mental scars left by the cabin fever of having to cram modern work into the same space as raising children. | New Zealand, Auckland | Rural | 40-54 | Male | European | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | infrastructure consulting | Yes | I expect an exodus of young families from high density living as a result of mental scars left by the cabin fever of having to cram modern work into the same space as raising children. | I expect an exodus of young families from high density living as a result of mental scars left by the cabin fever of having to cram modern work into the same space as raising children. | New Zealand, Auckland | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Yes | More cycling, walking and micro-mobikity | Significant lasting effect | Very | More expectations of clearer, cleaner more ordered public spaces including public transport | See previous answer | London, Uk | Urban | 40-54 | Male | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Yes | London, Uk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | better public transport which is less crowded, clean and serving more communities.More homeworking leading to less frequent commuting | Significant lasting effect | fairly | people willstill be fearful about public transport | less commuting maybe, which might makethe area acheaper place for young folk to live | uk Bedfordshire | Suburban | 55 or older | Female | white british | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed part-time (under 35 hours per week) | charity | No | less commuting maybe, which might makethe area acheaper place for young folk to live | uk Bedfordshire | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Not at all. WFH was happening. Yes we have done more of it. | This makes no sense. What is “transport” way to generic. For public tranport which is mass and shared could government investment to building infrastructure to solve recession help. | No lasting effect | Zero. Until there is a genuine shift in people power. | None. We will forget. | Remember the Buddhist saying “before enlightenment I carried water; after enlightenment I carried water”. The challenges we faced before covid 19 remain. Lack of political will to change the model of transport (and development) in the developed and developing world. We still have the issues of pollution and congestion. The only thing that is happening is that we will have a large recession. Will kenysian economics help public works. | None | UK london | Urban | 40-54 | Male | White | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Government | Yes | The time we are trying to fill waiting for end of lockdown leads to lots of thought pieces on the new world. This is natural but it is all conjecture. And we know the Bon mote about opinions and their similarities to bodily orifices. | UK london | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | I don't know | Less flights and less CO2 emission | Significant lasting effect | There will be more health measures, and more importance accorded to personal allowed place in transports | personnal feeling | People will take their own car more | France, Paris | Urban | 25-39 | Male | lol | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | CS | Yes | France, Paris | lol | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Clean air and quiet have been scarified to mobility - need to change that | Walking in my deserted city | massive restraints on car use are imposed in our urban areas | No lasting effect | Sadly not at all | Minimal unless it becomes a recurring event with no vaccine or impunity | Other pandemics eg Spanish flu have not had a material impact on transport | None | Car use is constrained more in major cities than other urban areas | London | Urban | 55 or older | Male | European | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Consultancy | Sort of | Car use is constrained more in major cities than other urban areas | London | European | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | BRT, metro, subway, etc could be risky for public health in the short term or if a new virus arises | return to the business as usual former state | Significant lasting effect | Very realistic. in a few years everything would be as before pandemic | People avoiding public transportation. Increase in sutainable modes but also private cars | Self care measures will be more frequent. No lasting impact in transportation | Other places could take the opportunity to advance in micro mobility, sustainable transportation. | Colombia/Bogotá | Urban | 40-54 | Male | white | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Health | No | Economical deficit in public transportation systems could be higher, local authorities will have the incentive to promote tradicional transportation in order to reduce financial burden | Colombia/Bogotá | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Initially, travel will become expensive. Those who can afford and business travels will start. Slowly, most business travel will become unnecessary because cost of carbon footprint and cost of travel may not be able justify the travel. Most business travel will move to VR / online forms of communication. Last mile transport may see a boom as people would prefer traveling within the city / neighborhood boundaries more often to get work done. User dependency on shared rides, aggregate ride options will "bounce back" to normal. Long distance transport landscape may change drastically. This perception is based on the assumption that the 'vaccination' hasn't been produced and consumed at scale. | High quality hygiene in transit systems. Single or pod based transport systems. Cutting down on unnecessary long distance travels. | Until vaccines are available at scale. | 7/10 | Models of working throughout businesses, technology adaptation and advancement (I see a huge scope of travelling through VR portals) | Up-to-date trend and growth pattern in business, technology, economics and generic geo-political history | Geography and urban development planning + road systems as an immediate impact due to staggered removal of lockdown from areas within a city (sometime within a neighborhood). Definitely and hopefully increased levels of road and que discipline. | My perspective is from India where city planning etc. Is quite different from other places. | Bangalore / Mumbai / Kolkata, India | Urban | 25-39 | Female | N/A | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed part-time (under 35 hours per week) | Consulting | No | Bangalore / Mumbai / Kolkata, India | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | Air is unsustainable. Bus and rail will be hard to sustain. | More cycling and EV. Less demand overall. | Significant lasting effect | Less public transport | Health anxiety | Less demand. Much less air / international. Locally less bus, less rail. More car as a modal share, but reduced demand may result in net less car. | UK | National | 40-54 | Male | White | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | IT | Yes | Air is unsustainable. Bus and rail will be hard to sustain. | Air travel is fundamentally unsustainable. | UK | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | scooters are dead in the water, ride-share is scrambling to survive, transit is barely holding it together and depending on funding streams, likely looking at 30% shortfalls in funding this year which could affect the provision of service for several years. | In Portland, OR transit ridership is down 90%. All the scooter companies have pulled out and the warehouses they previously occupied are now up for lease. | A lasting shift to walking and biking as people don't want to ride in packed buses and trains. | Minor lasting effect | 50/50 | Shifting funding priorities and possible ripple affects from population movements away from dense city centers to lower density environments that could shift transit demand patterns. | Long term impact to restaurants and tourism. Airbnb industry is likely hit hard in the long term. A long-lasting shift to work-from-home for white collar workers. Long term shortfall in transit ridership. | meh | Portland, OR | Urban | 25-39 | Male | White | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Transportation Planning | Yes | Shifting funding priorities and possible ripple affects from population movements away from dense city centers to lower density environments that could shift transit demand patterns. | Portland, OR | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | The ease that cycle infrastructure can be installed in countries that are willing to do so and the willingness of people to use it. It really is build it and they will come. | Laura Laker article in last week's guardian. | The end of the franchise regime and a return to a state managed and planned network. | It all depends on the length of the associated lock-down. If its is prolonged for 60+ days then new travel behaviours will form such as greater teleworking, walking and cycling as people will have sufficient time to re-evaluate their work location and other life choices. Shorter than this then it will mostly rebound to as before with suppressed public transport usage for a long period and greater car usage. | 85% likely | Decimated office rents. Major reshaping of retail in town centres. Shift in train travel away from long distance commutes; regrouped train service (BR regions style) instead of franchises. Killed of domestic air travel except for a few niche roles. Slight uplift in cycling and walking in areas that didn't invest in it, major uplift in areas that did invest. Several bus companies to go bust, and further decimation in bus route lengths. Decline in trunk road traffic. Return to locale neighbourhoods and acceleration of local offer. | Greater uptake in cycling. | We're planning on investing in cycling, but people of all ages are experiencing it currently and will drop off once after COVID-19 is over but will return once the infrastructure is permanently in place. | UK, Bournemouth | Urban | 25-39 | Male | White European | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Transport Planner | Yes | The end of the franchise regime and a return to a state managed and planned network. | The end of the franchise regime and a return to a state managed and planned network. | UK, Bournemouth | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Shared Rides are still necessary. We don't have the road space or vehicle capacity to transport everyone individually. Extra measures are needed during the day as well as at night to sanitize vehicles. | Demand-Response services focused on rides to healthcare are already cleaning the vehicle between trips. | Better standards for cleaning, metrics to ensure that cleaning occurs, more frequent service on viable routes, and demand-response feeders. We will likely ditch cash fares which were expensive anyway for a common platform for information, booking, payment and reporting. | Minor lasting effect | Transit has been migrating in that direction anyway. | Once we have a vaccine, everyone needs to be vaccinated. That entails a strong dispersed ,manufacturing and distribution system. Also entails free vaccinations, as part of a universal basic healthcare program. Those traveling across borders need to show proof of vaccination. Migrants need to be vaccinated. Without these measures, people will not feel safe to be in groups - whether inside a bus, at a concert, or queued for a ferris wheel. | Think Smallpox. Once everyone in the world is vaccinated, this virus will hopefully die. Until then, these measures are necessary. | Reluctance to give up the car. My area has no transit. | Fewer choice riders until transit assures that sanitation happens more than just nightly. Fewer choice riders until we are vaccinated. | Fort Mill, South Carolina USA | Suburban | 55 or older | Male | White | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Independent Consultant | Transit consultant focused on demand response | Yes | Too soon to define "normal". | Better standards for cleaning, metrics to ensure that cleaning occurs, more frequent service on viable routes, and demand-response feeders. We will likely ditch cash fares which were expensive anyway for a common platform for information, booking, payment and reporting. | We will see better standards for cleaning in public transport, and better metrics to ensure that effective cleaning occurs. | Fort Mill, South Carolina USA | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Peoples desire to 'have it all' curtailed by loss of jobs & income/transport operations failing | I work in a regulatory role with NZ government, we talk about the impacts every meeting | That transportation of any kind is vital to the wellbeing of the economy/strong economy= strong transport links for all citizens | Significant lasting effect | Physical distancing people:people contact/reduction in travel domestic & international | Our Governments (correct) reaction to closing our borders (NZ) and the sadness of people dying alone is so hideous | My region has not been hit hard with it yet & I pray everyday that it isn't because it will directly affect/afflict my family/my friends/my friends families/my friends 'friends'. Impacts will centre around continued isolation in a rural community that has strength in togetherness & community support. This hits low socio-economic families hard | New Zealand / Waikato - King Country - Thames Valley | Rural | 40-54 | Female | Pakeha / European | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Government | Yes | Covid-19 has set up a barrier to the human nature of 'social' interaction, given people a fear of human-human contact and made compassion/caring a hard road to follow wrapped in plastic to limit transmission of the virus and a fear of contact with objects because of the easy spread of the virus | New Zealand / Waikato - King Country - Thames Valley | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | yes | airlines are a good example, plenty of articles on what is happening here | More support and infrastructure for walking, cycling and scooters etc | Significant lasting effect | quite high | More independent low cost private transport like cycling and scooters | Already countries are taking actions to help encourage and prioritize these modes of transport | The change is already happening | I think our area will change faster and more substantially than some other places | Auckland NZ | Urban | 40-54 | Male | nz | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | engineer | No | Auckland NZ | nz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | More scared of riding PT | Empty busses | More spacious public transport, less cars on the road | Significant lasting effect | Dunno | More respect for personal space | More respect for personal space | I don't have a crystal ball | Wellington, New Zealand | Urban | 25-39 | Male | European | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | IT | No | Wellington, New Zealand | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Lower income groups have less options to change travel behavior and are impacted more. It is a privilege to be able to work from home. We need to build in more resiliency to our future planning. Transit isn't just about moving numbers of people, its about ensuring essential workers can continue to perform their jobs. | More focus on the '10 minute neighbourhood' or similar where people can walk or cycle to all their daily needs. This is resiliency. | Minor lasting effect | The Mayor of Paris proposed it, others have discussed it. Working towards it fits in with other policies around healthy, walkable cities. It is realistic. | Less tolerance for crowded transit. Increase in acceptance of working from home. | Organizations that were reluctant to allow employees to work from home have had to, and when they see how effective people can be and the potential savings in office space etc that come with that, they'll be motivated to change. | fewer tourists and cruise ships (Vancouver BC) will impact economy. More working from home/ flexible work, as this is less well established here than in Europe/ UK. | cruise ships/ tourism is semi unique(!) | Vancouver BC | Urban | 40-54 | Male | White, english | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | government | Yes | More focus on the '10 minute neighbourhood' or similar where people can walk or cycle to all their daily needs. This is resiliency. | More focus on the '10 minute neighbourhood' or similar where people can walk or cycle to all their daily needs. | Vancouver BC | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | I haven't had a holiday for a while and being stuck on this island is annoying me...would be nice to be able to travel. | personal belief | there will be less, but it may also be better, or worse, it willd efinately be more expensive in the long run, which is good if it reduces mass trasnport of the almighty unwashed. | No lasting effect | absolute | none - we're creatures of habit and we forget the past... | it's human nature to forget the bad...why remember this at all? | tourism is all we have...we're screwed... | land travel is nice and easy - but when you only have air and sea to leave the country - and it's a small country - you're stuck | new zealand | Rural | 55 or older | Male | european | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | government | No | nope but thanks for asking :) | new zealand | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Increased awareness of infection risks in public transport, not just for Covid-19. | More focus on transport alternatives that currently are underdeveloped. Cycling, walking, scooters. For mass public transport strong emphasis on social distancing and cleaning services will be required, however this will be hard not to let this impact the profitability of these services. | Significant lasting effect | If this is left to the market to deliver this, then this will be extremely challenging. There is a major role for central and decentralised government to enable and subsidise this, far more than is the case today. | People will consider alternatives for mass public transport. Public transport will push for removal of cash as accepted means of payment. Mass public transport will introduce social distancing options. | https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120413907/coronavirus-auckland-transport-to-halt-cash-bus-fares | Up to now the transport focus was on private cars and mass public transport. After Covid-19 I expect that alternative options will be developed at a much faster pace. | This will be very dependent on the specific environment and how the mix of transport options is today. | Auckland (Northshore) | Suburban | 55 or older | Male | European | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Consulting to government | Yes | Always interesting to see Jarret Walker's articles, for instance https://humantransit.org/2020/04/cutting-transit-service-during-the-pandemic-why-how-and-whats-next.html | Auckland (Northshore) | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | There needs to be a variety/diversity of transport modes. Focus on PT needs to be broadened to other modes | empty busses/ trains | appreciation of biking and walking; recognizing PT as still the better option than cars --> cars not experiencing a revival | Significant lasting effect | little | less popularity and additional rules of desinfection and distancing in PT, expansion of bike lanes | cutting PT, pilots in cities | delays/ postponing necessary infrastructural and organisational updates in PT | little recognition of Sustainable Transport anyway (conservative politics) | Germany / Bavaria | Rural | 25-39 | Female | white | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Student | Public institution | Sort of | I am rather concerned that the upcoming economic crisis will rather worsen the current austere and efficiency-driven approaches in transport and mobility planning and not provide the necessary resources, alternatives and redundancies (staff, transport modes, tracks etc.) that we need in times like these | I am rather concerned that the upcoming economic crisis will rather worsen the current austere and efficiency-driven approaches in transport and mobility planning and not provide the necessary resources, alternatives and redundancies (staff, transport modes, tracks etc.) that we need in times like these | This will worsen the current austere and efficiency-driven approaches in transport and mobility planning and not provide the necessary resources, alternatives and redundancies (staff, transport modes, tracks etc.) that we need. | Germany / Bavaria | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | they didn't change, they were just enforced, how big is its importance! | a lot of articles on the web | the re-organization plans that are on course | Significant lasting effect | People and Companies will re-think their ways to avoid daily long trips | a lot of articles on the web | on the tourism sector | economy on Croatia depends a lot of tourism, mainly during summer due to our beautiful beaches, and this year the summer incomes seems to be lost | Croatia - Zagreb | Urban | 40-54 | Male | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | transports | Yes | please publicize the results | Croatia - Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Complete re-think about the potential for remote working by office workers. Why do we need to travel to offices? Is it just a habit for many? If we really challenged that would it be a benefit or cause unintended consequences? (e.g. impact on training new graduates, people with no home office space, collapse of commercial property market). | From own experience of home-working now vs previously. Remote working is different and works far better when EVERYONE does it. I would say team cohesion and co-operation is greater, as the playing field is level. But this is the perspective of an old guy with no line management role and a home office... | Public transport usage is not impacted, local community trips increased using active modes and PT. People don't retreat into cars to self-isolate, and 'spare' road capacity at peaks doesn't get filled in by mode shifting from sustainable modes. Those who can work at home do so more often. Social / leisure trips become shorter. | Nobody knows, some will be more than we think, some less than we hope. | Very over-optimistic. For all the responses above, it's quite possible to argue that the opposite is pretty much inevitable unless we explicitly take steps to prevent it. | In this timeframe, the only impacts will be the ones that (a) we specifically encourage/retain or (b) carry on because similar health risks remain or recur regularly. | I doubt I've read anything that Mobility Lab haven't! | My local village could become more vibrant, with local services stimulated. Conversely, the pubs and cafes could go out of business and never be viable. Shops should be OK. | I live in a Cambridgeshire village which has a significant number of out-commuters. Hence the day time population could expand if people remote work more, stimulating local community. Also, Cambridge itself is a job creation machine which will keep money flowing locally. Other local economies will not have that benefit. | Cambridgeshire | Edge area between rural villages and central city | 40-54 | Male | White British | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Transport Modelling | Yes | I think we may need some meta-meta studies to collate all the different questionnaires being shared. | Cambridgeshire | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | a new sense of possibility - of course no one wants to have to shut down the global economy to improve air quality and congestion management and make streets safer - but, given that we have had to experience this, I think people seeing what blue skies could look like and what a bikeable neighborhood feels like, may have a significant impact. And we are seeing transportation departments respond with big/bold moves to reflect that. I have also gained a new appreciation for transportation services as "front-line" workers. On a more granular level, I see that telework should be given more attention in planning for "transportation alternatives" and that urban delivery has an important role in keeping our cities functioning in a way I had not given it credit before (I had largely been concerned about all the increased VMT it was creating) | Forgive me for not providing links or research, but these are all topics that a whole host of articles and blogs are touching on; and rooted in my own experience as not only a transportation planner but also as someone in the quarantined-work-from-home situation - talking with my neighbors and talking with clients who are across the U.S. | Employers realizing that they are at the front-lines of climate change.... in a post-pandemic world, climate change will be the next global tragedy we have to face and employers should see that they can reduce or eliminate commute trips and non-essential travel, and that it is necessary. Perhaps transit will receive new levels of respect for the role it played in getting essential workers where we needed them, so perhaps funding is increased and it enters a new era. The best case future would also include ramping up efforts and policies around EVs (recognizing that we can capture some of the positive environmental benefits we are seeing now while ramping back up the economy and mobility); and hopefully a new version of the shared mobility industry emerging that has fewer players involved, but the ones who outlasted this now understand that their partnerships with the public sector are what will sustain them and allow them to weather future incidents and to be recognized and supported as a fundamental transportation/community service. | Minor lasting effect | Maybe 70/30 chance.... and the reason that it is more than a 50/50 chance is because much of this has already been in the works and moving in that direction prior to COVID.... my hope is just that COVID solidifies that path and quickens our pace to get there. | shrunken transit system everywhere; sustained momentum for (and action on) shift toward electrification of vehicles; increased prevalence of teleworking (shift in perceptions of it and support for it); reduced (or greater discretion with) air travel trips just for a meeting or two; new policies and/or infrastructure for urban delivery and curbside pick-up (though not sure what the nature of it will be) | articles about current trends and what they suggest policy makers and transportation planners are paying attention to right now - coupled with my own insights from 17 years in community/transportation planning | Reduced transit service, continued role of shared mobility services (but fewer providers), new attention to teleworking (though not sure in what form, but perhaps new incentives or policies), and new/more aggressive electric vehicle policies | We are a progressive city and already had political support for electric vehicle efforts.... and also we are a large enough market that shared mobility providers can likely continue to offer service here, but that will likely not be the case for much of America where urban areas are smaller. | USA - Portland, Oregon | Urban | 40-54 | Female | White | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | transportation planning consulting | Yes | Thanks for creating this survey! Look forward to seeing the results. | new policies and/or infrastructure for urban delivery and curbside pick-up (though not sure what the nature of it will be) | The pandemic will launch a wave of new policies and infrastructure for urban delivery and curbside pick-up. | USA - Portland, Oregon | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Most travel is unnecessary (because the activities that transport has typically supported - e.g. desk-based work - have been shown to often be more efficiently able to be done in other ways). So every precept about supporting mobility (primarily relating to urban areas) is also being challenged: we no longer need to be addressing how to maximise person or vehicle throughput in a network. Also, many questions to challenge accepted business models. The disappointingly slow reaction of the UK to address changes to road space is absolutely in line with past refusal to take walking and cycling seriously | TfL initial reaction to temporary cycle facilities / widened footways (reported in Guardian); demands for financial support from all operators (especially airlines); nationalisation of UK rail network shows how previous organisational structures had already failed; sharply reduced traffic levels (and resultant improved environmental conditions) | Less overall traffic, as less need to travel; sharply less car travel in urban areas, as walking and cycling are being properly prioritised (road space, legal priorities, facilities and junction priorities) - not least because much more working from home / local community hubs plus online deliveries make most commuting / shopping trips unnecessary; highly efficient on-demand public transport the norm, with ability to travel anywhere to anywhere (including in most rural areas) similar to large metropolitan areas now (e.g. London). Carbon emissions and social outcomes taken as equal importance as financial viability. Communities taking much more direct involvement in how people in their area have their needs met (not limited to practical needs) and not just transport services: could be alternatives to needing to travel. | Significant lasting effect | Not wholly unrealistic - but only if groups like this forum can create the vision, and then make the economic, social and environmental cases for it, including showing the role of corporates, also funding mechanisms: the work to develop such vision, then prove it, is needed to be done NOW (not as we come out of shutdown) by groups like us. See https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52064509 for how UK Government thinking is already shifting - we need to reinforce such vision, incorporating the Covid-19 context, also increased emphasis on values, with modelled and practical details of how it fits with overarching economic systems, and realistic pathways to make it happen. | Covid-19 will not be the last such virus to emerge via zoonotic transfer, some of which may have higher infectiousness/morbidity rates. So we need to rethink how we cluster together - wherther we actually do rethink this is much more questionable, as there will be enormous commercial pressures to revert to prior practice and delivery models. For reducing clustering has major implications for commuting, shopping, and for all forms of shared transport - also of living densities, footway space, lift [elevator] use and office / shop building usage. With growth of online shopping, the local High Street will need to be reinvented - but with emphasis on social interactions, not commercial activities (shops, cafes etc). "We cannot change xxx..." [insert whichever Business as Usual practice] - e.g. stopping the reallocation of road space - will no longer be an excuse for inaction or to consider more radical change. The built environment will be much slower to shift - but we can expect a lot of under-utilised office spaces, and collapse of economic basis for public transport systems to serve these. Trains (and buses) might, hopefully, revert to the lower density seating of past years: the argument that we should all travel in discomfort to maximise peak loadings never did make sense, when most people have a comfortable car as an alternative. | Lots of sources - Guardian is doing a good job in looking ahead | In this deeply rural area, relatively little, with car use continuing to predominate (although would like to see this challenged through better alternatives). Loneliness and social isolation may be much worse, and hidden poverty an increasing problem, unless actively addressed - and that needs public transport. But public transport as now provided will wither further, with concerns on sharing vehicles, and financial support constraints limiting bus and rail services - so an on-demand network needed instead (with various ways to provide this - probably through both transport operators and ride-share). Important to ensure walking and cycling in rural areas is seen as a day-to-day mode, so safety concerns must be addressed, and facilities within reach. Community-focused operations are likely to have more relevance and support than now. Tourism will take much time to recover: the current shutdown will have greater economic impact than in urban areas. | Unlike urban areas, where transport professionals have been mainly focused on managing (suppressed) demand, rural areas have not had this problem. We need to recognise the solutions will be quite different, dependent on densities. | Scotland, Dumfries & Galloway | Rural | 55 or older | Male | White UK | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed part-time (under 35 hours per week) | Transport (MaaS) | Yes | Thanks for preparing this survey | Less overall traffic, as less need to travel; sharply less car travel in urban areas, as walking and cycling are being properly prioritised (road space, legal priorities, facilities and junction priorities) - not least because much more working from home / local community hubs plus online deliveries make most commuting / shopping trips unnecessary; highly efficient on-demand public transport the norm, with ability to travel anywhere to anywhere (including in most rural areas) similar to large metropolitan areas now (e.g. London). Carbon emissions and social outcomes taken as equal importance as financial viability. Communities taking much more direct involvement in how people in their area have their needs met (not limited to practical needs) and not just transport services: could be alternatives to needing to travel. Unlike urban areas, where transport professionals have been mainly focused on managing (suppressed) demand, rural areas have not had this problem. We need to recognise the solutions will be quite different, dependent on densities. | Scotland, Dumfries & Galloway | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | There are a lot of aspects of our physical infrastructure that aren't great in this type of a pandemic, even if they mostly work in normal times. Sidewalks/trails/multi-use paths are too narrow, there are too few parks and usable open areas, elevators/stairways are too small and scarce, etc. These could all be improved with new development and redevelopment. This pandemic shows that coordinated efforts to promote telecommuting can have very meaningful effects on traffic congestion, air pollution, climate change, etc. and could be a low-tech approach to make our current transportation landscape more resilient without huge infrastructure investment. It has also highlighted the desirability of living in a walkable neighborhood with lots of street trees at a time when so many parks and natural areas are closed. | The knee-jerk reaction by many people is that this pandemic shows us why density is bad and therefore we are going to have a lot of car-dependent sprawl in the future to accommodate lower density development. However, I think the main takeaway from this pandemic from an urban form standpoint is that it shows us the importance of having complete communities with a variety of resources within walking distance or short transit/driving distance. Therefore, the aftermath might lead to greater density in some currently low density places and less density in some currently higher density places, but I think this dispersed model of density is not going to be total car-dependent sprawl. I think that pretty basic infrastructure investments (sidewalks, protected bike lanes/bike boulevards, affordable housing, more local parks, greater bus frequency/connectivity) can all play a role in providing more access to amenities within a closer geographical area in this type of future, and therefore not necessitate that people spend as much travel time to go outside their neighborhood for basic needs. This would also help to ensure that existing road/rail infrastructure does not continue to get more and more overwhelmed in the future, if more trips are accommodated on local streets within neighborhoods. | Minor lasting effect | I am actually quite optimistic about the ability to make these changes, because they are relatively simple, relatively cheap and relatively popular. Most people enjoy living in a walkable area that is close to things that they enjoy, so I think it's a rare issue that aligns people across age groups, socioeconomic groups, political groups, etc. | I think the knee-jerk first impression about this type of crisis is that everybody will be afraid to ride public transportation in the future and that will lead to big mode shifts along the spectrum of public to private transportation. While I think that some things will change, I don't think it will be feasible for the most dramatic scenarios (e.g. complete collapse of public transportation). The snarling traffic and congestion that existed pre-pandemic will only get worse if we abandon public transportation, and I think the pandemic will slip away from our collective memories when the number of cases fades and the traffic returns. After 9/11 people went back to flying and I think that people will go back to concerts, restaurants, bars, etc. in the future and will use public transportation if it is convenient and affordable in the future. There are some trends that I could see come out of this though: 1. Rising private car ownership among those who can afford it that had previously chosen to go "car free." In normal times, it is perfectly feasible for many people in cities to only take public transportation, Uber/Lyft, etc., but this crisis highlights the convenience and desirability of having at least one vehicle on hand that is only yours. 2. Depending on how autonomous vehicle technology develops, I think this pandemic could lead to a greater willingness by people who were previously unwilling to try out a sterile robot as their driver in a shared fleet of autonomous vehicles. Especially if the vehicle had built-in sanitation measures that occurred after each ride. 3. I think Uber/Lyft will do fine. While rides are way down now, people are going to eventually get back to moving around in a variety of ways. While I think most people will go back to normal and not drastically change their behavior from how it was pre-pandemic, I think there might be a subtle shift away from public transportation towards Uber/Lyft among those who can afford it. 4. I could see transit agencies running more buses/trains on select routes at peak times to avoid overcrowding. | I live in Portland, OR, USA. I believe that many of my previous answers are relevant to this geographic area. Portland has a great disparity between neighborhoods as far as basic infrastructure like sidewalks, bike infrastructure, bus connectivity and light rail connectivity. I would hope that the lasting impact would be to improve each of these across the entire city, which I think has a reasonable chance of success. I actually think the larger lasting changes might be social changes. I think there will be greater priority placed on housing the homeless population, providing workforce/affordable housing, stricter protections for tenants, greater emphasis on unemployment safety nets, greater assistance to low-income households, etc. | The types of social policies would certainly depend on the needs of the population and the politics/resources of the city/country. | USA (Portland, OR) | Urban | 25-39 | Male | White, non-Hispanic | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | City planner for local government | Sort of | The knee-jerk reaction by many people is that this pandemic shows us why density is bad and therefore we are going to have a lot of car-dependent sprawl in the future to accommodate lower density development. However, I think the main takeaway from this pandemic from an urban form standpoint is that it shows us the importance of having complete communities with a variety of resources within walking distance or short transit/driving distance. Therefore, the aftermath might lead to greater density in some currently low density places and less density in some currently higher density places, but I think this dispersed model of density is not going to be total car-dependent sprawl. | USA (Portland, OR) | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | How little a car is required if you just use it for groceries. How much nicer the streets are with far fewer cars. How noisy cars are, but how much we had just accepted that as part of life. | Feeling comfortable letting my young daughter bike on footpaths, run on the streets, etc. without having to be as worried about cars. The resurgence of bird life. The quiet. | More infrastructure actually provided for light individual transport options. Significantly reduced air travel for work purposes. | Minor lasting effect | Hmmm. Probably not super realistic - people seem too desperate to return to 'normal'. Our local council (Wellington City Council) has already shared what infrastructure projects they intend to progress following lockdown, and it seems to be just the same old projects they have always pushed rather than thinking strategically about how the city will need to adapt. https://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2020/04/shovel-ready-projects - a cycleway that has always been contentious and doesn't provide for CBD travel, and a convention centre? | People nervous about public transport, (hopefully) more appetite for light individual transport options and supporting infrastructure. Harder to hide the impact of transport on the climate after some pretty compelling evidence regarding emission reduction. | NZ Govt. putting money into temporary footpath widening and cycleway measures. Hoping this will help people value them more. | More flexibility for working - less reliance on being office based or travelling intercity for work. | I live in the capital, lots of public service roles where flexible working is a valid option. This will not apply so much for towns reliant on tourism etc. | Wellington, New Zealand. | Suburban | 25-39 | Female | NZ European | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Government | Yes | How covid affects the way we do business/work will affect what our transport needs will look like. | Wellington, New Zealand. | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | no | Those exposed to the convenience and freedom of using active modes when the roads have been very quiet are encouraged to make that use routine | Minor lasting effect | No very, life will get busy and unless road controlling authorities take the opportunity to intervene with slow speed limits/reallocation of road space as stimulus activities our societies existing pre Covid car based transport behaviors are likely to return. | Habits such as moving by cycle and walking that are being ingrained during the lock down periods will be leveraged upon as a healthier, more convenience way to travel.in our urban areas that have been car focussed. | Media commentary and discussions with transportation professionals | New Zealand, Nelson | Urban | 40-54 | Male | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Transport Planning | Yes | New Zealand, Nelson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | More aware of the options of transportation I can choose to reduce the potential risks I may face as a consumer. For example, flu in winter. | Yes it is from my experience back to 2003 SARS when I was in China. I found I am more cautious than other kiwis when the Coronavirus hit NZ this time. | Keep the same approach as before, except for airplane and cruise ship, add the temperature measurement into the custom clear process until we have the vaccine of coronavirus. | Minor lasting effect | I am not sure whether it is realistic or not, as I am not a health expert. | Much less attendees in the cruise ships. | From WeChat, one of the social medias I use , people said they tend to not join in the cruise ships which might be in their schedule before the COVID-19 pandemic. | We will respect nature more, appreciate more those things that we didn't appreciate before. And people are more willing to collaborate. Through this pandemic, many people have better knowledge about what is happening in this world. They have wider vision, including me. | I believe other places are having the similar lasting impact as in NZ. | Jinjiang, Fujian, China | Suburban | 40-54 | Female | A human Being who lives between Chinese Culture and Western Culture. And feel proud of being able to form her own identity. | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Being able to choose the work hours I like, aiming at 25-40hrs/week. | IT sector. | No | Quite possibly the New Normal will be similar to our Old Normal, as our human beings tend to have a bad memory. | Jinjiang, Fujian, China | A human Being who lives between Chinese Culture and Western Culture. And feel proud of being able to form her own identity. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | yes - opportunity: more demand responsive, green and tailored transport services; risk: individualism of 'public' transport, less focus on mass transit | Improvement in freight and supply chain (drones, use of passenger services for freight, etc.) | Freight, review of fare revenue models, development of first-last mile | Significant lasting effect | short term | rethinking demand responsive transport, and fare/revenues models | social distancing, hygiene | Australia is less dense than other cities/countries, and has less concentrated communities, so it might be easier to sustain social distancing | Australia, Sydney (originally from France, Paris) | Urban | 25-39 | Female | Citizen of the world | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Transport Engineering | Yes | rethinking demand responsive transport, and fare/revenues models | Australia, Sydney (originally from France, Paris) | Citizen of the world | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Nothing obvious | Cars cease to be the go to option: rail and sea take their place fully as part of a network that includes local roading. Just in time becomes less JIT and more in plentt of time | Significant lasting effect | Highly | More trust in homeworking, less jacket on the chair managers, hot desks the norm. Happier people travelling less | The impossible working from home of a month ago is just working beautifully and that cannot be unseen. | Local manufacturing grows | Other places are more wedded to the global supply chain | Chch, NZ | Suburban | 40-54 | Male | European | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Local Govt It | No | Cars cease to be the go to option: rail and sea take their place fully as part of a network that includes local roading. Just in time becomes less JIT and more in plentt of time. Local manufacturing grows. | Rail and sea travel will take their place fully as critical components of the transport network. | Chch, NZ | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | Here in NZ, there is a wish that we had cashless ticketing rolled out | Colleagues | People feel confident about using Public Transport | Significant lasting effect | NZ is in the best position, but outside NZ confidence will depend on individual's immunity and the country's risk. | Reverse the increase in Public Transport usage, but hopefully see an increase in actives modes. | Own thoughts. | NZ will be isolated from the rest of the world until there is a vaccine | Other countries will continues to deal with cases and people dying | Wellington, New Zealand | Suburban | 55 or older | Female | White | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Government | Yes | Wellington, New Zealand | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | That a lot more people cycle when there less traffic on the roads | Have seen it when I've been out walking | restrictions of motor vehicles into the city for commuting, prioritisation of public transport and cycling | Significant lasting effect | Unlikely without sufficient political will locally and incentives nationally | A lot more people are likely to work from home as the norm | Conversations at work and with clients | Increased working from home | Urban city, with large number of professional occupations suits WFH - more rural environments and occupations not so suited | NZ, Wellington | Suburban | 40-54 | Male | European | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | IT Consultancy | No | no | restrictions of motor vehicles into the city for commuting, prioritisation of public transport and cycling | We will see restrictions of motor vehicles into city centers, and prioritisation of public transport and cycling. | NZ, Wellington | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | No | The community becomes more accepting of active transport improvements and our cities build out footpaths, shared paths, cycle lanes and cycleways | Minor lasting effect | On a scale of 0-10 where 0 is impossible about a 3 | Minor reduction in public transport patronage | Minimal | Christchurch, New Zealand | Urban | 25-39 | Male | European | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Health | Sort of | Christchurch, New Zealand | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | Increased supply to reduce density, encouragement of mask use during public transport, encouragement of use of off-peak services | Minor lasting effect | Slightly reduced traveller density, increased use of masks by commuters. | An increase in long-term work from home and an increase in staggered working hours both seem likely. | Reduced peak public transport use | Likely to be less of an issue in less dense urban areas | Dublin, Ireland | Urban | 55 or older | Male | Pacific Islander | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Computer programmer | No | Increased supply to reduce density, encouragement of mask use during public transport, encouragement of use of off-peak services | Dublin, Ireland | Pacific Islander | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | What I've realized is that we need traffic to maintain safety and that without external input, drivers are dangerous. I'm also seeing streets how I think the designers picture them -- empty and with tons of empty parking. I realize that maybe the reason drivers are so angry all the time is that the streets are not even working for them. | A permanent closure of a lot of streets to through traffic, especially streets in and near parks and smaller residential streets, and enhancement of public transportation options. Also, elimination of Uber and Lyft. As convenient as they are, they increase traffic and pollution and block bike lanes and crosswalks. | Significant lasting effect | I'm 100% certain that some streets will remain closed. | Cities will de-emphasize building more roads because they realize now how many workers could actually work from home. That will reduce the pressure on some housing markets, as people will choose to live further from cities and have more space. Open space will be valued more and we will see lane reductions and widening of sidewalks and cycle tracks. | In Boston, we have a housing crisis and constant gridlock. The Chamber of Commerce has basically told the state that they have to build more roads to address this. i think that this will support the state to push back that many of our companies can encourage remote work, reducing the pressure on both housing and driving and leaving roads and apartments for moderate-income workers to live nearer the city. | Other places might not have been as close to the end of car hegemony as Boston was before this, so I think the difference will be more dramatic for us. | Boston, MA | Urban | 40-54 | Female | Mixed | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Consulting | No | A permanent closure of a lot of streets to through traffic, especially streets in and near parks and smaller residential streets, and enhancement of public transportation options. Also, elimination of Uber and Lyft. As convenient as they are, they increase traffic and pollution and block bike lanes and crosswalks. | We will see the permanent closure of a lot of streets to through traffic, especially streets in and near parks and smaller residential streets. | Boston, MA | Mixed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | mass transit was just getting on board and part of the future of mobility movement. but social distancing has given individual mobility a temporary boost. | current drops in ridership | climate change and other factors call for innovation. Lessons from COVID-19 should become an integral part of a sustainable and resilient future mobility | Minor lasting effect | in the long term, progress is inevitable. always. | It will hasten the shift to on-demand and automated transport, and it will hopefully bring a boost to innovation in mass transit. | public transport usually is slow to react – managing a metro network is like steering a tanker. the quick, makeshift adjustments to public transport currently happening indicate a need to innovate. | transport in southern California is still developing, needing massive up-front investments. The political climate might become more hostile for these investments, as ridership might take longer to materialize. | places with more established mass transit patterns (like Berlin, Germany) might be more resilient, and upgrades to existing infrastructure less contentious. | San Diego, CA | Suburban | 40-54 | Male | white European | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | consulting | Yes | San Diego, CA | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | I am thinking twice about using public transport, but accept use of a car will mean longer journeys because of delays/congestion | Just my own personal feelings about my safety | More people will opt to work from home more frequently in the future, reducing the burden on our transport network | Minor lasting effect | For NZ this will be a challenge, I think we will quickly slip back into our old ways unless there is a deliberate action by businesses to continue to encourage this way of working | More resilience will be built into the transport network | Conversations within transport industry businesses | Hopefully building resilience into the network. | We service nearly 50% of NZ's GDP, so this will influence future transport patterns | Auckland, New Zealand | Rural | 40-54 | Female | New Zealand Maori | High school degree or equivalent | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Local Government | Yes | Auckland, New Zealand | New Zealand Maori | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | Very positive and I think it's just a matter of time our nation will be encouraged to also evolve and be dynamic as part of the whole world do. If this pandemic can be the trigger for a better change then let's consider this as blessings in disguise in positive way. | I have been benefit this situation to actually reach how ideal my work environment and setup would be by working remotely especially when the technology project completed and I will be able to carry on my BAU tasks back on normal capacity, reduced unnecessary commuting that will impact less productivity (spent in traffic) therefore the LinkedIn Learning access through AT has been great to still keep me in the loop to reach my personal development and goals, for instance. | Keep myself informed for any update and alert for any recovery action plan implemented as we can only make plan at the moment, but the overall outcome will be up to the NZer to decide whether we are progressing or stepping back to the highest level of restriction. For my own best scenario, working from home is still the preferred option and for most people who can work with the same platform as this will reflect to significant impact. | Significant lasting effect | Realistic enough to happen as we live in a country consisted by more controlled system, if per se over controlled demography to monitor. | Within a decade in overall aspect of people's live | Advancec technology, interactive virtual activity to implement as new mechanism normality, improved online access to educational modules and assistance. Supportive people 'behind the scene' in case of urgency is also essential in a flexible and an instant platform such as virtual assistant so no need to be in the long wait for a real person to attend the query. | I don't know how other will think of in future, but on my own opinion I started to see people in my area are vigilant enough to follow the government's guideline although some little incidents caused by the culprits, but we have seen the significant impacts on both positive and negative perspective we survived and generally supportive with what government has decided. Economy aspects will take a while to recuperate, but people in my area has started to miss 'the old normality' where they can go to the beaches, parks with no restrictions, physical interaction within their community although without traffics Whangaparaoa towards Gulf Harbour area is a heaven. So, in respects to the socio-economy impact in the long-term hopefully will not increase any criminal activity because more people are loosing their jobs, anti-social behaviour, etc. | Concerning that whatever alert level will imply, the government will not announce anything drastically so presumably it will affect similarly in other areas as well. | Whangaparaoa | Suburban | 40-54 | Female | Asia background | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Government | Yes | I am eager to adapt for a change in mind set so am hoping more people will be positive toward this as well | Whangaparaoa | Asia background | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | I would never get on a cruise ship and I am not confident they have great protocols when it comes to the health of their passengers. I am not confident in airports management of people coming and going into countries. | Television coverage of the cruise ship Captain who allowed sick passengers off his ship with no controls in place. Passengers coming into New Zealand were asked to self isolate yet there were no instructions/direction once they had arrived (this was prior to level 4 lockdown). | Hopefully there will be a few more people working from home after this is over. Less impact to the roads allows for a more timely completion of outstanding upgrades. More people on bikes and scooters would also assist this and assist in a healthier population. | Significant lasting effect | I don't think we can predicate anything to be honest, just like nobody knew Covid-19 was on it's way and the impact it would have on the whole world. | People may be more wary of hygiene when travelling in future for fear of other strains of viruses. I would expect there would be more buttons that are automated so that we don't have to touch them. It may become more expensive to travel to make up for the money that has been lost during this time. Saying that though, there may be a large increase in travel as this time as highlighted the importance of family bonds. More people may be inclined to commute to work on bike or e-scooter etc.. to avoid being around crowds and germs. | Just observations from television and from speaking to friends, family and work colleagues. | Closer family connections. Caution when travelling on public transport, perhaps more use of cars to avoid public transport if possible. | The only difference would depend on how other countries operate. | New Zealand Auckland | Suburban | 40-54 | Female | Worldly | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Government | Yes | Hopefully there will be a few more people working from home after this is over. Less impact to the roads allows for a more timely completion of outstanding upgrades. More people on bikes and scooters would also assist this and assist in a healthier population. | New Zealand Auckland | Worldly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | More about how I've seeing other peoples perceptions change | Lots of talk of people saying "Isn't it nice how quiet our roads are" | A more equitable allocation of space for active modes. An acceleration of some of the liveable neighbourhood works, greater uptake of tactical urbanism | Significant lasting effect | I'm hopeful. I also realise the car lobby is going to come out fighting and for many people hiding in your car is going to be their answer to social distancing. I worry for the future of public transport | A more equitable allocation of space through temporary and permanent design to allow pedestrians / cyclists to more easily social distance | Various zoom conversations with other transport practitioners around the world | Hopefully a greater uptake of cycling and walking for everyday journeys and local authority prioritising this more | Lots of access to green space locally which might not be the case for bigger cities. Likely to therefore see less street closures creating space for social distancing allowing people to be physically active | Topsham, Exeter | Suburban | 40-54 | Male | White British | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Self employed | Transport Planner | Yes | Lots of access to green space locally which might not be the case for bigger cities. Likely to therefore see less street closures creating space for social distancing allowing people to be physically active | Topsham, Exeter | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | Crowdedness on public transport can be a risk for public health (and I actually started thinking about buying an e-bike to commute to work instead of using the train - although I am not sure if I will finally end up buying one...) | People re-appreciating walking and cycling in their local neighbourhoods, rediscovering local shops, etc. | Minor lasting effect | Companies now allowing working from home more frequently, so perhaps an impact on commuting habits. | Studies on telecommuting often report barriers at the side of the company (and less at the side of the commuter). Many companies now understand that many of these barriers can overcome. | Luxembourg | Urban | 25-39 | Female | Caucasian | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | research | Yes | There is so much uncertainty about the future... not sure if and what type of impact it might have on the planning of our cities, design of transport systems and how people and households will organize their daily activities in the future | Luxembourg | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | The fragility of the systems (government, transit agencies, etc.) has been exposed a bit, largely related to the financial stability of the programs. | An acknowledgement that transit service is essential to ensure essential workforce can continue working | Significant lasting effect | not very | I think the legacy of transit funding and ridership will suffer over the 5-10 year term. Not just as a result of this pandemic but as "resiliency" measures for the next pandemic are considered | slowdown of investment in transit projects/programs | transit here is more integral to society, so I think the negative impact will be softened compared to other places | Vancouver, BC | Urban | 25-39 | Male | Latin American/White | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Municipal Government | Yes | An acknowledgement that transit service is essential to ensure essential workforce can continue working | Vancouver, BC | Latin American/White | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | Not as a result of, rather in spite of covid-19. My hopes are; The aviation industry and traditional motor sport can be transitioned to using hydrogen as a combustible fuel, within 5 to 10 years for motorsports and 20 to 50 years for aviation. Drive on/off car train networks to extend the range of electric vehicles. | Minor lasting effect | Hydrogen fuel for motorsport is most likely. Car trains least likely as a break through in energy storage technology and/or less need for long distance car travel would cancel the need to develop such networks. Aviation fairly likely (though if the time frame is longer than 50 years a possible superior technology may come along). | It is my hope covid-19 will speed up the adoption of universal basic income (and / or similar scheme/s). This will be necessary to save great hardship caused by the looming economic disaster. | West Midlands, United Kingdom | Suburban | 40-54 | Male | Caucasian | Self employed | Information technology | No | Not as a result of, rather in spite of covid-19. My hopes are; The aviation industry and traditional motor sport can be transitioned to using hydrogen as a combustible fuel, within 5 to 10 years for motorsports and 20 to 50 years for aviation. Drive on/off car train networks to extend the range of electric vehicles. | West Midlands, United Kingdom | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Hardly at all. | It confirmed my previous prejudices :-) | Short term risk is that people are switched off public transport. Short term opportunity is that people find different and better ways to live that rely less on low occupancy motorised transport. | Minor lasting effect | Relatively unlikely: I believe that the pressures to go back to 'normal' are high. | Change in the understanding of what change is possible, and in the understanding of what (some of) the benefits could be. | Walking around quiet, clean streets. The experience of many people in having access to safer, cleaner streets with much reduced motorised transport. The ability of large numbers of people to radically change their ways of working, shopping and relaxing. | See above. | I live within the South East UK conurbation. In more rural areas the challenges and opportunities are very different. Demography as much as geography will dictate different outcomes. | UK, Harpenden Herts. | Suburban | 55 or older | Male | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Research and conusltancy | Yes | UK, Harpenden Herts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | More amazed that we continue to think the internal combustion engine is a good thing. Huge benefit in reduction of noise. Why do we accept the dirt and the noise? | Local reduction in noise pollution. We can hear birdsong. Also, air quality monitoring using airly app. Shows huge reduction | We organise ourselves to make fewer journeys e.g. smart shopping, reduced consumption, more homeworking. Reduced traffic making walking and cycling more viable | Significant lasting effect | Reasonably. A lot more cycling and walking for exercise so more exploration of local footways, cycle routes etc | Unfortunately there may be a loss of confidence in public transport. However, the merits of homeworking may reduce commuter pressure on public transport and car use. Also, staggered work times may be more common so public transport is used more regularly through the day | Massive reduction in traffic here during lockdown. Personal adaptation to using virtual conferencing. Number of high risk people I know who will be unable to use public transport until a vaccine is developed | Loss of confidence in the invulnerability of society. Greater acceptance of survelliance. Possible greater interest in ecological gains and climate change objectives, including consumption changes | Wealthy area with resilience, so changes in mindset are an affordable luxury | Ampthill, Bedford, England | Suburban | 55 or older | Female | White British | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Self employed | Dog walker | No | The design of public transport to ram people in will have to change for it to survive | Unfortunately there may be a loss of confidence in public transport. However, the merits of homeworking may reduce commuter pressure on public transport and car use. Also, staggered work times may be more common so public transport is used more regularly through the day | We are seeing a siginificant loss of confidence in public transport. | Ampthill, Bedford, England | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | more hopeful for mode-shift | experienced and read of other experiencing the joys of car-free/reduced roads | less movement of people and goods, less flying | Significant lasting effect | moderately | more working from home and less flying overall | policy and planning discussions locally and nationally, media reports about long term border closures, personal 'feeling' | much more working from home, better cycle and pedestrian routes | more mode shift than in rural areas | NZ, Wellington | Urban | 40-54 | Female | NZ Pakeha | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | govt | Sort of | the more we talk about the possibility the more we increase its likelihood so keep up the good work! | NZ, Wellington | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | I have realised how much we rely on our cars and the amount of traffic on the road and how much time I spend driving. More public transport and cycle ways that go somewhere are needed rather than more roads. We need viable alternatives to cars. The lack of cars on the roads has also shown how much they pollute our atmosphere. | Various reports about improvement in air quality globally. | This is twofold. People need to consider how they travel - is the journey really necessary? Can they walk/cycle/use public transport? Can they work from home? We also need to change attitudes around travel. (For example, cycling is not just a leisure activity but a mode.of transport.)Government also needs to stop ploughing money into road projects that do nothing to improve traffic congestion and create more air pollution (ie Ox Cam expressway/ M1-A6 Link Road) Instead they need to invest in better public and community transport schemes and a useable cycle network as seen in other European countries. | Minor lasting effect | Sadly most people will soon forget the lesson learned in lock down and convenience will become the main factor in transport choices. | Less air travel. I would like to say less car use but think that convenience will still he the main factor in transport selection. | A number airlines will go bust but people will also be more aware of how globalisation has fuelled the spread of covid-19 so will be more selective about travelling. Not sure where I have seen this. | Less communicating in London as people see working from home as a viable option. | Not sure | Bedfordshire | Suburban | 40-54 | Female | White British | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed part-time (under 35 hours per week) | Third sector management | No | Bedfordshire | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | I am very environmentally aware and have thought and campaigned for a while to increase walking, cycling, and public transport and reduce aviation.The reduction in road transport has meant that I can hear the birdsong, I am more at peace due to the lack of droning road noise and any walk is more pleasant as I know I am not breathing in polluting particles. This, alongside the reduction in air pollution (and greenhouse gases) has affirmed my views. The availability of cheap flights and thus the movement of people has increased the speed at which this virus has spread across the world and is an additional reason to curtail this. | Much of the above is evident from ones back garden, or walking out. Media reports have shown the reduction in air pollution. | (1)Increase in costs of air travel. (2)Reduction in road travel as people work remotely and more events are conducted remotely, and thus reduction in road building with finance being diverted to public transport and education on environmental impacts of current system. (3) As people are probably walking and cycling more for exercise it would be hopeful to think that they may continue to walk short distances rather than use a car in future. | Minor lasting effect | Given the content of the recently published consultation on the Transport Decarbonisation plan, it is likely but perhaps not in the timescale that it is required. Lobbying by vested interests may weaken any changes. Walking and cycling will be restricted if people continue to be time-poor so unlikely without societal change. Having said that this is a great opportunity for change. It could be a turning point as it has shown that when the public understands what is at stake they are willing to change behaviour. If the same principal was used in educating the public about how their actions increase global warming and pollution, we might just have a chance for a brighter future. After all, we have very little time to deal with that as well and the outcome will be much more severe for all life on earth. | I think that more people will work from home now that they and businesses see that it can be done, however it will put people off using public transport until at least there is a vaccine. It may be that this period has provided an insight into what not working a long working week is like and those who can afford it may decide to reduce their number of working days. If people have walked and cycled more than usual they may decide to do this for short journeys in future but I think that a major barrier to walking and cycling is the time it takes, or at least the perceived time, as people will continue to feel time constrained once they return to work unless there are other societal shifts e.g. valuing the health benefits of slower living. Overseas travel may be less appealing for a while as people will be unsure about the level of virus and health care facilities in other countries. | I have listened to a couple of people who are environmentally aware, comment on the fact that we have, until now, continued to do things that we have always done, without consideration of environmental issues. One example was the transport and energy/materials required in setting up exhibitions, particularly when the theme of the exhibition was the future of the landscape industry and how it could become more sustainable. With regard to walking a cycling I can see this in my own street. Neighbours take their young children to school in the car which is only 5-10 minutes walk away. | As a semi-rural market town, this area has a high number of people who commute to work outside the area. I believe that some will work from home more often reducing road transport a little but until there are major education campaigns and policies to change the costs of different forms of transport I do not believe that the change will be significant enough to deal with the environmental problems that we are currently facing. | Rural areas might be restricted by their internet signal in terms of home working. Cities will get more investment to move to more sustainable transport. | Semi-rural market town | 40-54 | Female | White British | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Self-employed. Seasonal but generally 35+ hours per week. | Horticulture | No | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | The city is much more enjoyable with less noise and less people just walking and cycling. New mobility services have mostly disappeared from the landscape leaving only public transport to ensure public service. Also, that that can be because public transport is subsidised but not so the other services that preferred to pause waiting for economy to restart. Maybe some companies won't come back. How can we trust transport solutions to be there when needed? How can we create a more reliable, resilient and ultimately sustainable system? | Digitalisation with less need to travel (telework, online services, deliveries...) and more integration with "contactless" payment and ticketing system. More public space for active modes. | Minor lasting effect | Digitalisation has been accelerated by COVID and its usage is something that will remain, being teleworking or online services instead of travelling but also digital payment and ticketing systems. Hopefully, we will shift from costly infrastructure projects to less expensive demand management projects and unlock potential for cooperation, integration and complementarity of the different bits of the transport system. | More pedestrian-friendly public space, already approved to be implemented in the next months. | For example, according to the Uncertainty Avoidance index that is different from country culture to another: where people are more reluctant to face uncertainty, maybe the modal choice will be vehicle ownership rather than shared modes usage. | Brussels | Urban | 25-39 | Female | Less than high school | Employed part-time (under 35 hours per week) | No-profit | Yes | Brussels | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | I think that the financing problems went from being great to practically unmanageable. I am concerned that transportation is a basic need, but at this moment the priority is health and social assistance, transportation is provided by private companies that have little or no income and must maintain part of their costs. | Conversations with operators and own reflections | I think ideally there should be more public resources to provide the transport service. I also believe that the decision to use individual modes should result in increased use of pedestrian and bicycle modes. | Minor lasting effect | Relatively low, although public policy has these objectives | I think travelers will try to do more individual trips in motorized and non-motorized modes. Possibly the total passenger demand will be reduced due to the increase in telework, urban delivery trips will increase. | Some local authorities have made statements in this regard, what I wrote is my idea of what is going to happen. | In my particular neighborhood, motorized travel will surely be reduced, due to the increase in teleworking and the use of alternative modes that allow individual travel. In the city, the urbanization model means that distances are long, they could be covered with public transport but the use of the motorcycle will surely increase. Informality will increase in other cities of the country. | Bogotá, Colombia | Urban | 40-54 | Female | Latino | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Independent consultant | Consultant | Yes | Thanks for this opportunity | I think that the financing problems went from being great to practically unmanageable. I am concerned that transportation is a basic need, but at this moment the priority is health and social assistance, transportation is provided by private companies that have little or no income and must maintain part of their costs. In my particular neighborhood, motorized travel will surely be reduced, due to the increase in teleworking and the use of alternative modes that allow individual travel. In the city, the urbanization model means that distances are long, they could be covered with public transport but the use of the motorcycle will surely increase. Informality will increase in other cities of the country. | Bogotá, Colombia | Latino | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
87 | Working from home is now more acceptable | Companies did not used to "like" staff working out of office. There was no trust | More active trasnsport, less people actually going to work 5 days a week | Minor lasting effect | Fear will keep people home in the short term, and new habits will be formed during that time | PT use down | Fear of Covid 19 | More active transport | We do not have a great deal of PT here, so it is unlikey to be affected vastly | Auckland New Zealand | Suburban | 55 or older | Female | Kiwi | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Transport Government | Yes | Auckland New Zealand | Kiwi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
88 | I believe will have more people choose work from home | From the newspaper and media | To encourage people use PPE on any PT | Significant lasting effect | Some countries already doing this | More people may choose to have PPE on the public transportation | From the research journals | People will use more private vehicle then use PT | Affordability to have a private vehicle | City | Suburban | 40-54 | Male | Taiwanese | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | government | Yes | I would like to see the outcome and pattern from your survey results. | City | Taiwanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | I have been thinking about how you build trust in a public transport mass rapid transit mode and what we may still require mass transit for. People appear to feel far more anxious being in close quarters on buses or trains. This could see ride share/on demand systems move more quickly and MaaS arrive to provide options that people are now seeking. | I read a study that was done in London that showed high correlation of transmission of flu and riding on public transport systems. I also saw an Ipsos report that showed data of people in Wuhan as they went back to work significantly shifting to private vehicles. | Large migration to active travel and ride share, lower requirement for personal vehicle ownership and reduced requirement to invest disproportionately in mass rapid transit systems or road infrastructure. MaaS providers establish quickly and provide good transport options. | Significant lasting effect | I think that people in our city are already riding far more and discovering good bike infrastructure. I am concerned that the other outcome though is that everyone gets back into their cars and we see carbon emissions and road safety statistics climb back up again. | Changed land use patterns due to work locations. More regional settlement patterns. I'm uncertain what the role of big CBD's will be and what all those big buildings become. We may see more mode shift to active transport. | We have already seen in Australia several large employers thinking about the future of "working from home" as a more permanent fixture. This offers important savings to businesses if they don't need as much expensive city land. | Work locations may significantly change and may see a shift to more working from home patterns/flexible work. This could have an impact on "peak hour" travel requirements and a change to direction of travel. Unemployment could cause a change to ownership of private vehicles and already the new car market is down significantly. | Weather, great regional lifestyle offered if you don't need to commute, high economic support from agriculture and mining, might see people expand more regionally than other places. | Brisbane, Australia | Urban | 40-54 | Female | Caucasian | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Professional services | Yes | I'm very much looking forward to seeing the results. I've been reading up on psychology post pandemic and I think we will have a lot of different impacts. Our ability to reconnect as human beings will be so important. | Brisbane, Australia | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Bluntly: public transport got scary and needs to do something to reassure me; private ride sharing sounds half dead and needs to reinvent itself till COVID is gone; I was thinking about selling my car, not anymore. | Just trying to get moving around town | More attention to passengers and transport staffs. Transport services and its integration with personal expectations becoming a priority for many rich regions at first. Then the transformation morphing into more efficiencies and a new generation of transportation solutions across regions. | Significant lasting effect | Budget is the limit. Without getting people to move in mass again, the economies will lag behind critical mass value creation pace. Economies can control budget deficit. Thus, unless there is a financial crisis, the best case outcome is realistic. | Ecosystem wide filtering: anything weak and/or not sustainable will fall between cracks. Lots of startups will disappear. Mobility businesses engaged into price dumping will go bankrupt. The role of public authorities will be reinforced. The global perspective will shift from freer market to locally sustainable and accessible mobility. The coincidence with the end of EC Horizon 2020 R1I programme and the negotiation of Horizon Europe 2027 budget will result in a very different outcome than if the COViD had not happened. MaaS will find a series of new sweet spots. Questionable public investments will be stopped. Etc... | 90% of public transport volumes down in most western cities. Public and private transport thinkers are all at home thinking what's next... | More attention to passengers and transport staffs. Transport services and its integration with personal expectations becoming a priority. | The area where I live is lucky to be rich and can finance its transition. | Netherlands, Amsterdam | Urban | 40-54 | Male | European | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | technology | Yes | Bluntly: public transport got scary and needs to do something to reassure me; private ride sharing sounds half dead and needs to reinvent itself till COVID is gone; I was thinking about selling my car, not anymore. More attention to passengers and transport staffs. Transport services and its integration with personal expectations becoming a priority. | I was thinking about selling my car, but not anymore. | Netherlands, Amsterdam | European | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91 | I think the private car use will diminish but as a contracts to that although mass transport may be an alternative there will be new considerations on vehicle - passenger volume and individual proximity - so maybe new designs are needed | Again just a gut feel | individual use of transport will be significantly reduced overall (although freight especially local delivery transport will increase) - the use of air transport will be the biggest hit. Mass transportation will take a while to recover due to the proximity / distancing issue | Minor lasting effect | reasonable but s many things it will be about social norms and behaviour change. Will social norms change? | A different approach for the need for mass commuting (I expect to see many opprtunities for flexible work practices) | No real research, just a gut feel of how work is progressing for many through video conferencing etc demonstrating that to work effectively does not always need direct co-location | As I live in a village the community will be stronger and there will be a limited increase in shared support services | Rural will be significantly different to urban areas. Urban transport will change and I think the demand for mass transport in urban areas will be significantly reduced | UK, Kent, Village | Rural | 40-54 | Male | White British | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Consultancy | Yes | UK, Kent, Village | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
92 | Mostly the fact that micro is down and there is no strong relationship to most European cities so only bike sharing is being supported so far. | Check out my podcast freifahrt and articles on my LinkedIn to find links | National governments realize the necessity to invest in PT so they can rethink their offering with pandemics in mind. | Minor lasting effect | 6 of 10 | More awareness of how close to get to people in PT. maybe different setup of seating and standing areas | less passengers for at least 9 months | In Germany PT is already quite strong and people rely on PT more than in car oriented mobility cultures such as the U.S | Hamburg, Germany | Urban | 25-39 | Male | White | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Self employed | Consulting | Yes | Hamburg, Germany | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
93 | How dependable it is on combustion fuel | How low demand in oil has affected the global economy | Influence the use of active transport | Significant lasting effect | Depends on the country and city. Existing infrastructure seems to have an impact | Changes in mode choice, companies may have understood or perfected remote working | Mobility reports, people opinions, social networks | I believe more people will use bicycle but also people can change from public transport to private car | More people dint have the alternative to get a car than in other places, they might be forced to something else, like cycling | Mexico City, Mexico | Urban | 25-39 | Male | Mexican | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Student | Consultancy | Yes | Mexico City, Mexico | Mexican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
94 | We travel to much- especially commuting trips. Most meetings and work can be conducted virtually or remotely. | More active travel. Less carbon use owing to less trips. | Significant lasting effect | Yes - this is likely if policy and infrastructure backs up a shift. | Local' public transport trips (bus and LU trips in London) will reduce signification as people seek to avoid crowded situations. These trips will be replaced by walking, cycling or virtual working/ meetings. | https://www.carbonbrief.org/coronavirus-what-could-lifestyle-changes-mean-for-tackling-climate-change?_lrsc=ab8486b8-9edc-41ff-8d41-d70607f47945#7dave https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-this-is-how-lockdown-has-changed-the-uks-roads-11975623 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/02/us/coronavirus-social-distancing.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2020/04/coronavirus-city-street-public-transit-bike-lanes-covid-19/609190/ https://www.citylab.com/perspective/2020/03/coronavirus-bike-lane-emergency-transportation-covid-19/608725/ https://londonlivingstreets.com/2020/04/16/rethinking-our-streets-urgent-policy-responses-to-covid-19/ | Probably less of a significant impact in my area (a small town in Surrey). More in larger cities and on motorways/ trunk roads. | There is less reliance on public transport for local trips in my (more 'rural') area. I thin the car will still be the main mode for local shopping trips - except for those trips replaced by home deliveries in the future. | Haslemere, Surrey, UK | Rural | 40-54 | Male | European | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Civil Engineering/ Transport Planning | Yes | We travel to much- especially commuting trips. Most meetings and work can be conducted virtually or remotely. | We travel to much, especially commuting trips. Most meetings and work can be conducted virtually or remotely. | Haslemere, Surrey, UK | European | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Initially I thought it would be a short term blip before we would be able to return to normal, however it is now apparent that we will be affected by COVID until such time as a vaccine or improved treatment becomes available.. | There are lots of news items and articles, the BBC is a good source for these. | If handled well then this could be a pivotal moment for Public Transport, one of the greatest challenges is likely to be how to encourage customers to return to public transport after using their cars, this means reducing anxiety and showing that PT is the better option. | Significant lasting effect | I believe it is realistic, though it will be challenging and will take time | I believe that COVID (or other pandemic) will be a recurring issue to society as we become more inter-connected. This will have an ongoing impact on the transport sector who will need to accommodate behavioural change into their service delivery. | I wrote a blog post about some of my thoughts https://www.passage-way.com/blog/digital-signage-generating-demand-for-transport-authorities-post-lockdown | I live in London, which is typically the engine of growth for the UK economy post downturns. I believe this will be the case in the current crisis. There will be a lot of new technology developed and deployed across the country, especially in urban, socially dense environments. | Much of the tech will focus initially around key economic zones before being migrated to elsewhere. | London, UK | Urban | 40-54 | Male | Anglo Saxon | Undergrad or equivalent (eg Bachelor's degree) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Tech Director | Yes | London, UK | Anglo Saxon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Not changed but certainly reinforced my perceptions. This is most noticeable in seeing the area of infrastructure that is dedicated to motorised road transport when there is so little traffic using it. It emphasises how transport planners have been trying to satisfy an ever-increasing but derived demand for road transport, whilst sacrificing social cohesion and environmental performance. | Lots of images of multi-lane highways and intersections sitting empty and efforts by cities to introduce temporary infrastructure to support cycling and help social distancing for pedestrians. | A jump start towards transport systems that are safer, more sustainable and support greater social cohesion | Significant lasting effect | I think this is certainly the direction of travel - the question is to what extent can this be achieved. The current crisis has certainly posed big questions of both the oil and automotive sectors, which were already struggling. At the same time, there is likely to be perception that shared forms of transport are less desirable following the pandemic. The challenge will be to ensure that we can safely encourage use of sustainable transport modes and limit the extent to which people return or choose to use private vehicles. | I believe (but it might be more in hope) that the experience of low road traffic and reduced aviation and the associated effects on air quality, quieter environment, feelings of safety and opportunities to engage in active travel, particularly for more vulnerable users and those who may have felt anxious about walking / running / cycling previously - will result in greater demand for (or at least greater acceptance of) measures taken to limit motor vehicle and air traffic and stronger action taken to encourage the design and development of neighbourhoods and infrastructure that fit with this experience. | I have seen this experience hugely motivate and galvanise a broad cross-section of the transport research community to seize this opportunity and recognise that these unfortunate circumstances illustrate some of the benefits of some of the environmental policies that have been advocated for many years. I think this might be starting to be recognised at a policy level with the London Mayor indicating that air quality levels seen during lockdown should not just be a temporary effect - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/23/toxic-air-over-london-falls-by-50-at-busiest-traffic-spots | Living in a semi-rural town, I hope the lasting impact will be a recognition that there is less dependence on the car and that in using cars less, active travel modes become more desirable for all - and that the permitted daily exercise becomes more of an ongoing habit - again reinforcing the desirability of having fewer cars present. It should also see people recognising that more of their shopping needs can satisfied either online or by short journeys by active travel to local shops. It is town from which many people commute to London - this takes 2-3 hours of their day everyday. I hope, for those who are able, remote working becomes a more frequent option for them. | In more urban locations, more journeys are already made using public transport so the challenge there will be giving users the confidence that it is safe to return to shared modes. | UK, Wokingham | Suburban | 40-54 | Male | White, British | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Transport consultancy | Yes | I think the 'New Normal' isn't really new but should encourage recognition that we are part of greater ecosystem; that human activities can have genuine, long-lasting and sometimes life-threatening consequences - that COVID-19 may be prelude to more fundamental changes thrust upon us by climate breakdown and that we desperately need policies and research that can help society respond appropriately, with the aim of achieving safer, fairer, more cohesive and happier communities. | UK, Wokingham | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | It provides opportunity to address travel behaviours to seek more sustainable and active travel. However freight travel will be in greater demand. | My own experience and professional experience | Spreading demand, reducing travel demand overall and as a result smaller interventions to improve stations/services instead of major infrastructure upgrades | Significant lasting effect | It's very possible with correct engagement with government and business alike, encouraging working from home etc. | Peak spreading and lower overall demand | Professional discussions | See previous answers | Not sure | UK South East and East of England | Suburban | 25-39 | Male | Why? | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Transport planning Consultancy | Yes | UK South East and East of England | Why? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | Increased uncertainty and even more difficult fights for funding | Television discussions, various articles about collapse of government revenues (at all levels of govt) and need to shift to emergency expenditures | More awareness of the need for robust, low carbon options, higher demand from citizens for such options, and resources flowing for construction, operation, and maintenance | Significant lasting effect | minimal | Financial challenges (and bouncing back), nervousness about public transit | conversations, assorted press articles (that I of course can't remember right now), WRI webinar on April 24 | about the same here as everywhere. | worse than other areas as city is getting shortchanged by federal relief efforts, institutional challenges given cross jurisdictional differences in priorities. Offsetting, perhaps Congress people will need their staff to get to the Capitol , so maybe some additional resources will be provided. | Washington, DC in the US | Urban | 55 or older | Female | White | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Non profit | No | Washington, DC in the US | White / Caucasian / Pākehā | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
99 | We don't need and shouldn't move that much. Multicentric cities are the most efficient, resilient and vibrant. "The 15 minute city" should prevail. Shared mobility is very vulnerable to the context. Private vehicles seem to be the best option , but not everyone can afford a car nor the streets can sustain the volume, therefore human sized vehicles seem to be more appropriate for the situation. | Finding every necessity within a 2km radius from home is the most efficient way to reduce contact with people and move using active transport to maintain a healthy body and mind (plus multiple co-benefits). | Infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists. Transportation as a basic human right, UBM specially for the most in need. | Long lasting in the cities where policies and infrastructure are put in place to promote active transport. | Will depend on the city and the local authorities . As always , possible more realistically in developed countries from the north. | COVID has accelerated the conversation on the use of public space and socioeconomic inequality. This may be a step to stablish UBM and/or UBI amongst other social benefits. Besides this cities play a prominent role that will minimize the influence of national governments. | 1) Measures taken in Japan, USA, Colombia to distribute cash and food!! (And no one seems to be complaining 2) Abe vs Koike, Trump vs Cuomo, Duque vs Lopez | Tokyo, Japan : Teleworking and flexible hours will become less of a tabu for traditional Japanese employers. Public spaces will be more valued and demanded by society. | Change takes more time than in many other places. This is accelerating the conversation. | Tokyo | Urban | 25-39 | Male | Latin | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | Project management | Sort of | Hope COVID serves as a preface to accelerate the conversation on climate change and policymakers continue to "believe" and act according to what science proves to be plausible scenarios. | Tokyo | Latin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
100 | Not so much, I guess. But I am a PT fan and keep using it. I try to walk more and would not really use taxi/hail services nowadays... | Nothing specific. I am not terribly scared of getting infected as not falling in the vulnerable groups. However, I somehow don't like the idea of getting infected in a car (as opposed to trams or buses). It's irrational. | It will get greener, more innovative and efficient | Significant lasting effect | This will depend very much on the context (concrete country and regulatory framework). Will also be impacted, certainly in the EU, by the future pathway of the Climate Law negotiations and outcome | More automation vis-a-vis both the users and the operators; possible dampening effect on the use of mass public transport unless cities take pro-active measures to limit individual mobility | Lack of human resources, because of illness or simple quarantine or other restrictive measures, limit the availability of staff; manual on-spot processing cannot deliver under the circumstances; users wish avoid touching surfaces; people preferring own cars for travelling and almost jamming the streets when generally traffic is still low and public transport empty | as above | Compared to other European countries, it may be generally slower | Czech Republic | Urban | 40-54 | Female | mainstream ;-) | Postgrad or equivalent (eg Master's degree or PhD) | Employed full-time (35+ hours per week) | consulting | Sort of | I remain an optimist! Looking forward to seeing the results of your survey. | More automation vis-a-vis both the users and the operators; possible dampening effect on the use of mass public transport unless cities take pro-active measures to limit individual mobility | Czech Republic | mainstream ;-) |