Mobility Dynamics amid COVID-19 with a Case Study in Tennessee

Author:

Hoseinzadeh Nima1ORCID,Gu Yangsong1ORCID,Zhang Hairuilong2ORCID,Han Lee D.1ORCID,Kim Hyun3,Freeze Phillip Brad4

Affiliation:

1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

2. The Bredeson Center, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

3. Department of Geography, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

4. Traffic Operations Division, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Nashville, TN

Abstract

The year 2020 has marked the spread of a global pandemic, COVID-19, challenging many aspects of our daily lives. Different organizations have been involved in controlling this outbreak. The social distancing intervention is deemed to be the most effective policy in reducing face-to-face contact and slowing down the rate of infections. Stay-at-home and shelter-in-place orders have been implemented in different states and cities, affecting daily traffic patterns. Social distancing interventions and fear of the disease resulted in a traffic decline in cities and counties. However, after stay-at-home orders ended and some public places reopened, traffic gradually started to revert to pre-pandemic levels. It can be shown that counties have diverse patterns in the decline and recovery phases. This study analyzes county-level mobility change after the pandemic, explores the contributing factors, and identifies possible spatial heterogeneity. To this end, 95 counties in Tennessee have been selected as the study area to perform geographically weighted regressions (GWR) models. The results show that density on non-freeway roads, median household income, percent of unemployment, population density, percent of people over age 65, percent of people under age 18, percent of work from home, and mean time to work are significantly correlated with vehicle miles traveled change magnitude in both decline and recovery phases. Also, the GWR estimation captures the spatial heterogeneity and local variation in coefficients among counties. Finally, the results imply that the recovery phase could be estimated depending on the identified spatial attributes. The proposed model can help agencies and researchers estimate and manage decline and recovery based on spatial factors in similar events in the future.

Funder

Tennessee Department of Transportation

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Mechanical Engineering,Civil and Structural Engineering

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