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Acceptability of sustainable mobility policies under a post-COVID-19 scenario. Evidence from Spain

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  • Awad-Núñez, Samir
  • Julio, Raky
  • Moya-Gómez, Borja
  • Gomez, Juan
  • Sastre González, Julián

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The COVID-19 pandemic has suddenly modified the lifestyle of a large portion of the population around the world. This pandemic is also the first one in decades that has severely impacted many countries of the Global North. Governments have had to adopt wide-scope and desperate measures to face the abnormal situation and to reduce the stress of their health care systems. These measures have been based on reducing the physical-social interaction and mobility (closing schools and some economic activities, or fostering telework, among others), increasing the physical distance between people, and recommending washing hands frequently and wearing masks. Thus, the COVID-19 may change many habits of people and the ways we interact with others after the current pandemic. It would also imply changes in mobility habits. Many questions arise about the willingness and acceptability of changes, and who would have to impulse them and how. This paper aims to study and understand individuals' acceptability towards a set of generic measures related to urban mobility in Spain, one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To that end, we conducted an online survey during the lockdown in Spring (2020). More than 75% of respondents would accept restrictions on car use after the return to normal, and more than 90% agree on increasing the space for pedestrians and cyclists on streets. Furthermore, 75% of respondents would change the primary transport mode towards a more sustainable transport mode if it would decrease the incidence or severity of the COVID-19. These results show that the respondents are overall in favor of a new urban hierarchy that gives more importance to the most sustainable modes, reducing the public space devoted to the car, which means the possibility of turning the COVID-19 crisis into an opportunity to make Spanish cities more sustainable.

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  • Awad-Núñez, Samir & Julio, Raky & Moya-Gómez, Borja & Gomez, Juan & Sastre González, Julián, 2021. "Acceptability of sustainable mobility policies under a post-COVID-19 scenario. Evidence from Spain," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 205-214.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:trapol:v:106:y:2021:i:c:p:205-214
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.04.010
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