Will Covid-19 put the public back in public transport? A UK perspective
File(s)
Accepted version
Author(s)
Vickerman, Roger
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Covid-19 has had a major impact on public transport systems across the world. Public financial support has been needed to maintain services in the face of drastically reduced ridership and adjustment to the need for social distancing. This paper explores the challenge this poses to current methods of delivery of public transport services and argues that a simple return to the status quo is unlikely as public transport adjusts to a new normal of more home working and fear of crowded spaces. In turn this impacts most on the transport disadvantaged. The paper argues that this may spell the end of the prevailing model of a deregulated competitive public transport that has prevailed in the United Kingdom and require a major rethinking of the way to provide an efficient and effective transport system. Such a rethink will depend on understanding the interplay of private and social norms and building public trust.
Date Issued
2021-03-01
Date Acceptance
2021-01-23
Citation
Transport Policy, 2021, 103, pp.95-102
ISSN
0967-070X
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
95
End Page
102
Journal / Book Title
Transport Policy
Volume
103
Copyright Statement
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Identifier
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Subjects
Business & Economics
Economics
Government funding
Public transport
Science & Technology
Social Sciences
Technology
Transport impacts of Covid-19
Transport planning
Transportation
United Kingdom
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
Netherlands
Date Publish Online
2021-02-03