The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions to people’s daily life and travel. This paper aims to reveal the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people’s travel in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, and to explore potential measures to recover public transport patronage in the new normal. Research data is collected from a survey of 1,045 residents in NSW, Australia between October 2021 and May 2022. Results show that travel behaviors are significantly different during the pandemic compared to the pre-COVID and the new normal periods. Multiple key factors affecting travelers’ choices in terms of travel mode, travel purpose and their acceptance of emerging mobilities like on-demand transport, autonomous vehicles and drones are identified, including age group, residential area, household status (e.g., couple family with children), household income, need for travel assistance, and travel-related attitude towards health and safety. The research findings suggest that emerging mobilities could provide potential solutions to transport services in a pandemic scenario.

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COVID-19 大流行对日常出行的影响：来自澳大利亚新南威尔士州的调查结果


COVID-19 大流行给人们的日常生活和旅行造成了重大干扰。本文旨在揭示 COVID-19 大流行对澳大利亚新南威尔士州 (NSW) 人们出行的影响，并探讨在新常态下恢复公共交通乘客量的潜在措施。研究数据收集自 2021 年 10 月至 2022 年 5 月期间对澳大利亚新南威尔士州 1,045 名居民进行的调查。结果显示，与新冠疫情之前和新常态时期相比，疫情期间的出行行为存在显着差异。确定了影响旅行者选择出行方式、出行目的以及对按需交通、自动驾驶汽车和无人机等新兴出行方式的接受程度的多个关键因素，包括年龄组、居住区域、家庭状况（例如，有孩子的夫妇家庭） ）、家庭收入、旅行援助的需求以及与旅行相关的健康和安全态度。研究结果表明，新兴的出行方式可以为大流行情况下的交通服务提供潜在的解决方案。