The study presented was conducted by 6t and financed by the ADEME (French Environment and Energy Management Agency).
The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially impacted the mobility practices of the active population, especially through the diffusion of telework. The objective of this research is to measure the actual diffusion of telework within the French population, as well as its impact on mobility and territorial practices during and after the pandemic. Telework is defined as all the professional activity done outside the usual workplace so as to avoid a trip by means of technology: it is an immobility solution that has an important impact on the whole mobility of the active population and on their experiences of the territory.
This research is based on a quantitative survey conducted in May 2020 on a sample of 4000 people. The questionnaire was designed to allow for both the quantification of respondents’ mobility practices (reconstruction of the trips and distances of the different profiles of working people, according to the use of telework or not) and the qualification of their territorial and travel practices (evolution of modes used, activity’s location strategies, etc.). These different questions were asked according for three temporalities: before, during and after the pandemic.
The results of this study are presented in two main parts:
1 - The relationship between telework and mobility. The study shows that mobility may decrease due to the diffusion of telework after the pandemic. This mobility reduction is quantified at the level of the whole workforce, and then at the level of the whole population, and allows us to deduce a possible reduction of GHG emissions in the future.
2 - The transformation of mobility and territorial practices. Mobility practices and the use of the territory are transformed by the pandemic and the development of telecommuting. There is a change in modal practices, residential location strategies and places frequented daily.
Mots clés : telework|mobility|territorial practices
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