The effect of coronavirus outbreak on the choice of public transportation (Case study, Tehran)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 M.Sc., Civil Engineering, Qom University, Qomf, Iran

2 Master'of Science Department of Civil Engineering, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Qom University, Qom, Iran

10.22034/road.2023.350513.2067

Abstract

With the spread of the coronavirus in late 2020 around the world and the creation of strict policies to control and reduce the spread of this virus, which was accompanied by travel restrictions, the behavior of users of public transportation systems changed. The change in the behavior pattern of the users of public transportation systems in the city of Tehran has been evaluated by distributing more than 100 questionnaires electronically among 72 men and 26 women with the age group of under 18 to over 65 years using SPSS software and the frequency of use People from transportation systems have been evaluated at five levels using Likert scale questions and Cronbach's alpha coefficient equal to 0/822.

The results of the study of the percentage of frequency for educational and educational, cultural and artistic, recreational and religious activities as well as sports activities in the days before Corona were equal to 3.16, 5/4, 13/4, and 5/4, respectively, and this frequency is for the days of Corona 9/3,, 3/2,, 11/1 and 3/7 respectively. Although the frequency of unnecessary activities decreased during the Corona period. However, the service and treatment activity has increased by 5/3% compared to the time before the coronavirus due to the need for more people for medical services due to contracting the coronavirus. Also, the number of buses decreased by 4/1% in the pre-corona period compared to the pre-corona period. However, this ratio has increased by 4/2 percent for those who used taxis.

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