HOW TRAVEL BEHAVIOR CHANGES IN THE POST COVID-19 PANDEMIC - A STATED PREFERENCE SURVEY IN CHINA

ABSTRACT

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has been impacting on people's daily lives and travel behavior. Tiding over the peak of the pandemic, the world continues to be affected by the virus. To explore how travel behavior patterns are affected in the post-pandemic period, this paper conduct a questionnaire survey in China. The study finds a lasting influence of the pandemic. A reduction in travel frequency and the use of public transport can still be found. Factor analysis is used to investigate respondents' attitudes. Logistic regression models are then used to analyze the impact of these psychological factors, demographics on residents' travel behavior changes. The results show that the perception of social expectation has a negative effect on travel frequencies while the perception of the risk only affects how people travel in the post-pandemic period. The research findings assist in understanding people's behavior and developing policies for the post COVID-19 pandemic. © 2021 Proceedings of the 25th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, HKSTS 2021 Sustainable Mobility. All Rights Reserved.