Author, as appears in the article.: Vich G; Gutiérrez A; Delclòs-Alió X; Tomàs-Porres J; Miravet D
Department: Economia
URV's Author/s: Gutiérrez Palomero, Aaron / Miravet Arnau, Daniel
Keywords: Tourism Sustainable mobility Safety perception Public transport Covid-19
Abstract: Since the start of COVID-19 pandemic, public transport has been signalled as a potential contagion hot-spot, leading to a generalised decrease in its use. However, public transport use is still being used and little is known about how the perception of loyal users is configured in contexts of influenza-like viruses such as SARS-CoV-2. The configuration of the perception of safety acquires a critical importance in urban contexts where the public transport system is used both by tourists and local users. The presence of strangers or higher crowding levels could impact the perception of safety among residents and their consequent travel behaviour. In the present study, we explored how the presence of tourists influences the configuration of the perception safety related to the transmission of COVID-19 on public transport of daily users. We used data from an ad-hoc survey conducted at the main bus stations and stops of the Tarragona Urban Area (Catalonia, Spain) between August and September 2020. This area includes the Costa Daurada coastal destination. The 2020 summer holiday season was characterised for the relaxation of mobility restrictions and the start of the second wave of COVID-19. Results show how the presence of tourists in buses negatively influenced the perception of safety of local users. However, this influence can be mostly explained to their prior perception of risk of contagion. These findings will be useful for policymakers and public transport managers in both the latter stages of the COVID-19 pandemic and future virus-related epidemics to maintain public transport ridership.© 2022 The Authors.
Thematic Areas: Urban studies Transportation Management science and operations research Geography, planning and development Environmental science (miscellaneous) Environmental science (all) Civil and structural engineering Automotive engineering
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: daniel.miravet@urv.cat aaron.gutierrez@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-7830-5515 0000-0003-0557-6319
Record's date: 2023-02-23
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198222000616#!
Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. 14 100599-100599
APA: Vich G; Gutiérrez A; Delclòs-Alió X; Tomàs-Porres J; Miravet D (2022). Presence of tourists and perceived safety from COVID-19 among local bus users: Evidence from a Mediterranean city. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 14(), 100599-100599. DOI: 10.1016/j.trip.2022.100599
Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.trip.2022.100599
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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