Autor según el artículo: Vich G; Gutiérrez A; Delclòs-Alió X; Tomàs-Porres J; Miravet D
Departamento: Economia
Autor/es de la URV: Gutiérrez Palomero, Aaron / Miravet Arnau, Daniel
Palabras clave: Tourism Sustainable mobility Safety perception Public transport Covid-19
Resumen: 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.
Áreas temáticas: Urban studies Transportation Management science and operations research Geography, planning and development Environmental science (miscellaneous) Environmental science (all) Civil and structural engineering Automotive engineering
Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Direcció de correo del autor: daniel.miravet@urv.cat aaron.gutierrez@urv.cat
Identificador del autor: 0000-0001-7830-5515 0000-0003-0557-6319
Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-02-23
Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198222000616#!
URL Documento de licencia: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. 14 100599-100599
Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes 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
DOI del artículo: 10.1016/j.trip.2022.100599
Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Año de publicación de la revista: 2022
Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
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