The influences of the Covid-19 pandemic on Swedes’ activity and travel behaviour
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
Program
Infrastructure and environmental engineering (MPIEE), MSc
Publicerad
2021
Författare
Gustafsson, Adam
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Sammanfattning
The impact of Covid-19 is determined by, not only the infection and death rate
of the actual disease, but the restrictions implemented to halt its spread. The
impact these restrictions have is different from country to country, but also when
the restrictions are implemented. A summary of Sweden’s restriction timeline has
therefore been presented, showcasing that Sweden’s approach increases restrictions
throughout the pandemic. A survey was then made, outlining two different pandemic
periods, based on the knowledge from the literature study that travel behaviour
changes due to restrictions implemented. The survey included questions about mode
choice, activity, and travel choice for different purposes, as well as risk perception
and health and wealth. The results show to a great extent a decline in public transit
usage and frequency of engaging in activities. This is met by an increase in working
from home, shopping online, and ordering food. The overall risk perception is very
high. This is with regards to the different environments, public transit, public
locations, and physical meetings, which serves as the underlying reasons for many
of the behavioural changes we have seen in those categories. Understanding what
provoke these changes will prove to be valuable when looking at if they continue.
Most behaviours show that they will get back to their pre-pandemic figure, like
public transit to some extent. Meanwhile the results clearly show that when it
comes to working from home, it is expected to continue at a much greater rate
than before the pandemic. Overall, the thesis provides important knowledge when
it comes to the pandemic and its impact on citizens behaviour.
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Covid , pandemic , mode choice , survey , Sweden , behaviour change , travel