Poster 22-04

What is the New Normal? An Analysis of Post-COVID-19 Commute and Work Patterns


PI: Patricia Mokhtarian

Co-PI(s): Giovanni Circella

Institution(s): Georgia Institute of Technology


Abstract

This study aims to understand the post-COVID work and commute patterns of Georgia (adult) workers and investigates how the patterns are related to the workers’ characteristics relevant to travel behavior and demand. The research team designed an online survey to gather information on attitudes on various topics, job characteristics, work and commute patterns, vehicle ownership status, residential location, and sociodemographic traits. The survey was distributed to (1) an online opinion panel (OP) managed by Qualtrics and (2) the Georgia respondents who consented to be contacted again for a future survey when they participated in the 2017 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) and/or the survey administered for GDOT Research Project (RP) 16-31. (Trimmed) sample weights were developed and applied to the working data (N = 1931) to make the sample as representative of Georgia workers as feasible with respect to key sociodemographic traits, employment status, working-from-home engagement, and residential location region. Key findings were obtained from the trimmed-weighted sample: (1) detailed work and commute patterns of Georgia workers and (2) comparisons among region and worker types with respect to many variables collected (e.g., attitudes, sociodemographic traits, commute distance/mode, vehicle ownership, residential location). This study concludes with potential uses of the collected data and policy implications.


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