Type
General Knowledge
Author
Edoardo Marcucci, Giacomo Lozzi, Valerio Gatta, Maria Rodrigues, Tharsis Teoh, Carolina Ramos, Eline Jonkers
Organization
Università degli Studi Roma Tre and Panteia B.V
Published in
2020
Submitted by
IRF
Related theme(s)
COVID-19, Urban Mobility
Region
All Regions
Country
All Countries

COVID-19 and urban mobility: impacts and perspectives

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. The pandemic has greatly impacted a number of different economic sectors, including transport, travel and mobility. The emergency has obliged several governments to prohibit unnecessary mobility circulation, and to adapt the mobility of essential workers and goods in order to safeguard health and contain the spread of the virus. Authorities and operators all over the world had to act quickly, finding rapid and efficient solutions to guarantee safe mobility. All of these measures have had a significant impact, perturbing the traditional assets of mobility (roads, kerbside, sidewalks, public transport and shared mobility services) and shaping new trends.

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