COVID-19 and Public Transportation: Current Assessment, Prospects, and Research Needs
University of Chile · Delft University of Technology
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a great challenge for contemporary public transportation worldwide, resulting from an unprecedented decline in demand and revenue. In this paper, we synthesize the state-of-the-art, up to early June 2020, on key developments regarding public transportation and the COVID-19 pandemic, including the different responses adopted by governments and public transportation agencies around the world, and the research needs pertaining to critical issues that minimize contagion risk in public transportation in the so-called post-lockdown phase. While attempts at adherence to physical distancing (which challenges the very concept of mass public transportation) are looming in several countries,…
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2Topics & keywords
- Public health
- Public transport
- Pandemic
- Business
- Revenue
- Social distance
- Societal impact of nanotechnology
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)