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Originally Posted by Mazrim
Citation needed.
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I suppose you'll come back and claim that I need to provide a Calgary-specific citation. My response will be prove Calgary is different than anywhere else and while you're at it, explain why you think decreased transit usage won't lead to more vehicle usage? It's not like people are never going to leave home.
Post-pandemic gridlock? Public transport users expected to shift to driving cars
25 August 2020
Fewer people will use public transport and instead use cars in post-pandemic Melbourne, a new report by Monash University shows.
- Public transport usage will return in Melbourne but to only 80 percent of pre-pandemic levels, a new report by the Monash Public Transport Research Group shows.
- Car driving and congestion will increase as a result.
- Safety on public transport still presents a concern for commuters. However, fears of contracting the virus and a lack of social distancing on board buses, trains and trams, will lead to a rise in car use.
- One in five commuters are less likely to travel into the Melbourne CBD once restrictions ease.
Fewer people will use public transport and instead use cars, causing more congestion, once COVID-19 restrictions ease in Melbourne, preliminary findings of a new report by the Monash Public Transport Research Group show.
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https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/pos...tion%20will%20increase%20as%20a%20result.
Driving, flying expected to spike after COVID-19 pandemic
Written by Teresa Bergen on November 12, 2020
Researchers were most alarmed by the fact that respondents in all 25 countries plan to drive more post-pandemic. Brazilians showed the most marked planned increase, with 62% saying yes to more driving and only 12% planning to drive less. South Africa was right behind, with 60% yay and 12% nay. More than 40% of Australians and Americans planned to spend more time behind the wheel, with only 10% anticipating leaving their cars in park more often.
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https://inhabitat.com/driving-flying-expected-to-spike-after-covid-19-pandemic/
Car sales rise and car-share companies boom as pandemic upends transportation
About 44% of consumers under 35 surveyed by the consultant firm Capgeminiare are planning to stop using ride-hailing services for health reasons and 13% plan to permanently shift to a personal car as a primary means of transportation, even after the pandemic ends.
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2...19-coronavirus-uber-zipcar?ref=hvper.com
How consumers’ behavior in car buying and mobility is changing amid COVID-19
September 22, 2020 | Survey
Mobility
- 52% (vs. 58% in July) of respondents travel less than before COVID-19
- Post-COVID-19, consumers are likely to return to pre-COVID-19 habits; walking, biking, and micro-mobility might potentially become more popular
- Shift from airplane and train to private vehicle for intercity travelling clearly visible across all regions
- A third of consumers value constant access to a private vehicle more than before COVID-19, esp. amongst younger consumers
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https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functi...ying-and-mobility-changes-amid-covid-19#
Pandemic Forcing Changes Across Transportation Industry
Not only is change coming, no one's certain what it'll cost.
by Joseph Szczesny | Dec 9, 2020
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A new group of younger buyers are entering the market, he added.
Many of them used public transit but are now searching out used cars or even new forms of ownership, he said. But the survey by his firm also found they are more likely to be interested in an electric vehicle, a trend mirrored by the rising sales of EVs in Europe, Simlett said.
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But Ford’s surveys also found, even though people are working from home, 17% indicated they use their vehicles for work and 26% said it is a place to relax during the pandemic. Many respondents noted that some of their best conversations take place in a car, according to Ford’s Futures study, which is now in its ninth year, Connelly said.
Simlett noted that despite commuter traffic being down, sales of commercial vehicles are on the rise.
“We are going to still be talking about how we really using our automobile a lot more,” she predicted. “A year from now, we’re going to still be talking about how we are really using our automobiles a lot more.”
Source:
https://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2020/12/pandemic-forcing-changes-across-transportation-industry/
A lot of Boston commuters expect to start driving after the pandemic, survey says
A return to normal could also mean the return of Boston’s grueling traffic congestion.
By Adam Vaccaro Globe Staff,Updated November 26, 2020, 6:55 p.m.
Coronavirus vaccines may be on the horizon, bolstering prospects that daily life will return to normal sometime in 2021 — and with it, the region’s grueling pre-pandemic traffic congestion.
A new survey conducted by the city of Boston and the business group A Better City suggests that many commuters are planning to take to the roads when they eventually return to Boston’s busiest commercial centers. About 38 percent said they plan to drive alone to work once the crisis is over, compared to about 23 percent who drove before the pandemic.
Meanwhile, just over half of regular subway riders plan to return to public transit, from 29.2 percent of overall commuters to 16.4 percent. Buses and commuter trains would see declines in returning riders, too, according to the survey.
Source:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/11/26/m...tart-driving-after-pandemic-survey-says/
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