Public transportation has experienced rapid changes in ridership over the past several years, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. Numerous studies have focused on how health concerns and social distancing/lockdown measures during the pandemic resulted in the immediate decline in public transportation usage. For instance, in many cities within the US, transit ridership declined to a […]
The U.S. Census conducts three annual surveys that offer transportation analysts valuable insights into travel behaviors and trends: the American Community Survey (ACS), the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), and the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE). With a multi-decade history, these surveys allow analysts to track changes over time and discern long-term trends. The newly available
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COVID is a crisis that is unanticipated both in its occurrence and also its length of impact. In the early days, many office employers implemented work-from-home policies while retail businesses shuttered, leading to deserted downtowns across the country. Yet crisis is also an opportunity, and municipalities and businesses innovated in response to the fears of
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Technology has evolved at a tremendous pace over the past decade, permeating into our everyday existence and affecting literally every aspect of our lives. Our activity-travel choices have been no exception in this regard, as we make continuous and joint decisions about which activities we can and want to undertake (either in-person or virtually). Add
In this research, we focus our investigation on the telemedicine adoption preferences of patients/consumers. Our comprehensive approach contributes to advancing the existing body of knowledge in five distinct ways. First, we use rigorous multivariate econometric models that accommodate multiple sociodemographic and built environment (BE) variables at once rather than simple bivariate correlations of determinant factors
The U.S. Census conducts three different annual surveys that provide insight into transportation analysts regarding travel behaviors and travel trends. Each of these surveys has a multi-decade history enabling analysts to discern changes over time. Survey data for the calendar year 2022 is now available with transportation-relevant information presented below. The dramatic transportation impact of
