COVID-19 impact on daily mobility in Slovenia

Brezina, Tadej (author), Tiran, Jernej (author), Ogrin, Matej (author), Laa, Barbara (author)

The Slovenian subsample (n=415) of an international online survey about changes in daily mobility dur-ing the COVID-19 outbreak in the spring of 2020 was analysed from a geographical perspective. The datasetwas split into three spatial classes (urban, transitional and rural) according to the respondents’ place ofresidence. People’s behaviour before and during the COVID-19 lockdown was compared and analysed interms of commuting frequency, changes in mode choice for commuting and style of grocery shopping.The results show that commuting was reduced drastically during the lockdown while the car remainedthe main transport mode both for commuting and shopping, especially in rural areas. The study providesan unprecedented insight in travel behaviour changes due to the pandemic and congruously argues forimproved transport policies to meet climate change and public health challenges.

• Language: English
• Keywords: daily mobility, epidemics, lockdown, travel behaviour
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication date: 01.01.2021
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 91-107
• Numbering: 61, št. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-164778
• UDC: 913:331.556:616-036.22(497.4)
• ISSN on article: 1581-6613
• DOI: 10.3986/AGS.9390
• COBISS.SI-ID: 89822211
• Publication date in RUL: 12.11.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Acta geographica Slovenica
• Shortened title: Acta geogr. Slov.
• Publisher: Geografski inštitut Antona Melika ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC, Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti
• ISSN: 1581-6613
• COBISS.SI-ID: 124775936

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Vpliv epidemije covida-19 na dnevno mobilnost v Sloveniji

Abstract

Z geografskega vidika smo analizirali slovenski podvzorec (n=415) mednarodne anketneraziskave o spremembah dnevne mobilnosti, ki je bila izvedena med prvim valom epidemije covida-19spomladi 2020. Podatkovno bazo smo najprej razdelili v tri skupine glede na kraj bivanja anketirancev (urbani,prehodni in ruralni), nato pa primerjali mobilnost ljudi pred in med zaprtjem države ter jo analizirali z vidi-ka pogostnosti poti na delo, izbora načina potovanja in nakupovalnih navad. Ugotovili smo, da so bila potovanjana delo med zaprtjem države izrazito okrnjena, pri tem pa je osebni avtomobil tako za pot na delokot nakupo-vanje ostal prevladujoč potovalni način, zlasti na podeželju. Raziskava nudi edinstven vpogled v spremembepotovalnih navad med epidemijo in podkrepljuje potrebo po bolj trajnostnih prometnih politikah za omilitevpodnebne krize in izboljšanje javnega zdravja.

• Keywords: dnevna mobilnost, epidemije, zaprtje države, potovalne navade

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Funding programme: ARIS
• Project number: P6-0101
• Name: Geografija slovenije