This paper investigates the station-level impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on subway ridership in the Seoul Metropolitan Area. Spatial econometric models are constructed to examine the association between ridership reduction caused by the pandemic and station-level characteristics during the pandemic years 2020 and 2021. The results reveal unequal effects on station-level ridership, based on the pandemic waves, the demographics, and the economic features of pedestrian catchment areas. First, the subway system was severely disrupted by the pandemic, with significant decreases in ridership—by about 27% for each of the pandemic years—compared with the pre-pandemic year (2019). Second, the ridership reduction was sensitive to the three waves in 2020 and responded accordingly; however, it became less sensitive to the waves in 2021, indicating that subway usage was less responsive to pandemic waves during the second year of the pandemic. Third, pedestrian catchment areas with higher numbers of younger residents (in their 20s) and older residents (65 years and older), those with more businesses requiring face-to-face interactions with consumers, and stations located in the employment centers were hit the hardest in ridership reduction caused by the pandemic.


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    Titel :

    Station-Level Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Subway Ridership in the Seoul Metropolitan Area


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board


    Beteiligte:
    Jun, Myung-Jin (Autor:in) / Yun, Mi-Young (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    06.06.2022




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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