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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has caused upheaval around the world, and has caused our daily routines to change quickly. Instead of commuting to work, employees are telecommuting. Schools are shuttered and students are taking classes online. Even shopping occurs online, often with a stranger choosing one’s groceries. While many of these systems were already established, we are depending on them more than ever before. How will these changes impact our future? TRB hosted a webinar on Monday, June 1, 2020, from 2:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern that determined to what extent American travel will return to the pre-COVID-19 way of life.
Which travel behavioral changes will be long-lasting, and for whom? How, if at all, are the attitudes that underpinned our American lifestyle shifting in this crisis, and will these shifts be long-term? The webinar examined potential answers to these questions by presenting the results of a recently completed University of Illinois at Chicago survey. Presenters discussed an ongoing longitudinal and multi-wave national survey focused on social dynamics, attitudes, and the travel behaviors of American households before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The recorded webinar is available: https://vimeo.com/425106848
Webinar outline and presenters
- How our transportation behaviors are affected during the COVID-19 pandemic: Abolfazl (Kouros) Mohammadian, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Results of the Chicago COVID-19 survey: Ali Shamshiripour, Ehsan Rahimi, and Ramin Shabanpour, University of Illinois at Chicago
- How travel behavior in America may look after the pandemic: Abolfazl (Kouros) Mohammadian, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Summary and further research: Rebekah Anderson, Ohio Department of Transportation
- Questions and answers: Moderated by Monique Stinson, Argonne National Laboratory