Similarly, Munawar, Khan [ 25 ] calculated an 80% reduction in public transit use in Australia; thus, the transport system encountered an exceptional transformation in a short period, with a positive trend for cycling and car use and a negative trend for transit use.
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Associations between COVID-19 Pandemic, Lockdown Measures and Human Mobility: Longitudinal Evidence from 86 Countries.
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Thus, a decreasing trend (i.e., negative association) was observed from mid-June to mid-October due to relaxed lockdown measures and the manageable state of the pandemic.
While public transit trips also showed an increasing trend, this remained at a level well below the baseline situation due to a higher risk of COVID-19 infection and a lower possibility to maintain social distancing.