Effects of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Urban Mobility: Empirical Evidence from the City of Santander (Spain)

Sustainability

Raquel Lezama-Romanelli¹  Vittorio Mazzei¹  Darío Prieto-Quintana¹  Alfredo Aloi¹  Claudio Ladisa¹  Álvaro López-Parra¹  Lucía Perrucci¹  Felipe González²  Rubén Cordera³  Eneko Echániz³  Roberto Sañudo³  Andrés Rodríguez⁴  Borja Alonso⁴  Juan Benavente⁴ 

[1] E.T.S. de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Universidad de Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain;Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Department of Industrial Engineering, Universidad Diego Portales, 8320000 Santiago, Chile;Research Group on Sustainable Mobility and Railways Engineering (SUM+Lab), Universidad de Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain;Transport System Research Group (GIST), Universidad de Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain;

关键词: COVID-19;    coronavirus;    mobility;    traffic;    confinement;    quarantine;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su12093870

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This article analyses the impact that the confinement measures or quarantine imposed in Spain on 15 March 2020 had on urban mobility in the northern city of Santander. Data have been collected from traffic counters, public transport ITS, and recordings from traffic control cameras and environmental sensors to make comparisons between journey flows and times before and during the confinement. This data has been used to re-estimate Origin-Destination trip matrices to obtain an initial diagnostic of how daily mobility has been reduced and how the modal distribution and journey purposes have changed. The impact on externalities such as NO₂ emissions and traffic accidents have also been quantified. The analysis revealed an overall mobility fall of 76%, being less important in the case of the private car. Public transport users dropped by up to 93%, NO₂ emissions were reduced by up to 60%, and traffic accidents were reduced by up to 67% in relative terms.

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