The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the daily mobility of Warsaw residents
Maciej MISZTAL, University of Warsaw/Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every part of our lives. These changes also affected cities. Changing the mode of work to remote, restrictions in movement or social distancing had a huge impact on the functioning of urban society, and thus led to significant changes in the current model of urban mobility. Daily mobility, which has been deprived of its main generators - work and school, has become a form of mobility particularly affected by the pandemic.
Changes in the characteristics of daily mobility may be of key importance for the creation of post-pandemic cities. In order to diagnose the nature of these changes, a survey was conducted in which the inhabitants of Warsaw showed how the pandemic influenced their spatial behavior in the context of daily mobility and whether the changes caused by the pandemic are only temporary or have a chance to become a new reality for Warsaw.
The survey shows that respondents during the pandemic more often began to walk and cycle, but at the same time use public transport less. What is extremely important, respondents indicated that during a pandemic they move around the immediate vicinity of their place of residence much more often and get to know it better, which results in the statement that after the pandemic they intend to use services close to their home more often.
The results showing the greater popularity of active mobility and the more frequent use of services close to the place of residence, prove to the city authorities that the implementation of concepts leading to the achievement of the resilient city paradigm, such as "sustainable urban mobility" and "15-minute city", can meet with a positive response residents, which is a very optimistic sign for Warsaw and other cities.
Mots clés : daily mobility|COVID-19|15-minutes city|sustainable urban mobility|Warsaw
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