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Commuting During and after COVID-19: The Impact of COVID-19 on Shared Mobility and Extreme Commuting in the Bay Area - Central Valley
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2022-12-31
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Edition:Final report (January 1, 2022– Dec 31, 2022)
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Abstract:This project looks at the mobility patterns and experience in using alternative modes of transportation for disadvantaged workers during COVID-19 in California’s Bay Area and Central Valley. We use governmental survey data of commuters and traffic data from StreetLight to document mobility patterns of the two distinct regions throughout the pandemic. Our findings from SJCOG’s dibs survey suggests that dibs service affects mode choice by increasing the share of commuters who use carpool / vanpool and decreasing the share of those who drive alone. These gains remained sticky during the Covid-19 pandemic. Survey results also point out that carpool / vanpool programs in this region are used by a rather narrow demographic. This group of workers were also more likely to be deemed “essential” and were less likely to work remotely during the pandemic. Evidence from our COVID-19 and commute analysis provides verification of existing income and occupation disparities in commute flexibility that likely contribute to making people more vulnerable to COVID-19. During the first one and a half years of COVID-19, lower-income, essential natural resource and production workers traveled more are more likely to face higher exposure to COVID-19 at their workplace, while higher-income, office workers were able to travel less and shield themselves.
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