TY - JOUR
KW - COVID-19
KW - Coronavirus
KW - mobility
KW - traffic
KW - confinement
KW - quarantine
KW - outbreak
AU - Alfredo Aloi
AU - Borja Alonso
AU - Juan Benavente
AU - Rubén Cordera
AU - Eneko Echániz
AU - Felipe González
AU - Claudio Ladisa
AU - Raquel Lezama-Romanelli
AU - Álvaro López-Parra
AU - Vittorio Mazzei
AU - Lucía Perrucci
AU - Darío Prieto-Quintana
AU - Andrés Rodríguez
AU - Roberto Sañudo
AB - 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.
BT - Sustainability
DA - 05/2020
DO - 10.3390/su12093870
IS - 9
LA - English
N2 - 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.
PY - 2020
SE - 3870
T2 - Sustainability
TI - Effects of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Urban Mobility: Empirical Evidence from the City of Santander (Spain)
UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/9/3870/htm
VL - 12
ER -