International Perspectives on Public Transport Responses to COVID-19
International Perspectives on Public Transport Responses to COVID-19 examines the pandemic response of transport policymakers around the world and analyzes what can be learned to prepare for the next epidemic--or any other critical event that threatens transportation services. It combines theoretical analysis with a compendium of country-focused case studies to provide scientific evidence and decision-making support for the actions that each transportation official must make going forward.
This book begins with Part 1, a thematic and comparative section on response and recovery efforts. It provides insights into topics such as mitigation strategies and preparedness of the public transport sector to epidemics prior to COVID-19; responses during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery from it; public transport services in urban and rural areas during the pandemic; and social (or physical) distancing and any other protective on-board measures. Part 2 then offers a set of international case studies, wherein various authors from different countries review their governments' and operators' responses. Each chapter is guided by a set of common research questions based on disaster mitigation theory. Part 3 then focuses on learnings and comparative analysis from the COVID-19 pandemic for future epidemic mitigation strategies in the public transport sector.
Governments, public transport authorities and operators, as well as students and researchers will learn what has and has not worked well during the COVID-19 pandemic. These insights will help them to mitigate, prepare, respond, and recover from unexpected disruptive events like pandemics in the future.
Emberger, Guenter: - Guenter Emberger started his research carrier in 1990 at TU Wien, Austria. Between 2002 and 2004, he was a Guest Research Fellow at the Institute for Transport Studies (ITS), University of Leeds, UK. Currently he is the Head of the Research Center for Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering (since 2017), Institute for Transportation, TU Wien. He is also chair of WCTRS SIG G2. He has expertise in travel demand behaviour analyses, design and implementation of 4-stage-transport models and strategic transport models on urban, regional and national levels, research in traffic safety and environmental impacts of car traffic, and public transport. He has been involved in more than 40 international and 60 national research projects. He has completed research stays in more than 10 non-European countries including Vietnam, China, Australia, and Japan. He contributed to over 140 scientific publications and gave more than 270 speeches and scientific presentations worldwide.
Shibayama, Takeru: - Takeru Shibayama started his carrier as a researcher at TU Wien in 2011 and now is a Senior Scientist at the Research Center of Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering. He has been working on various research in the field of public transport, sustainable urban transport planning, and deployment of digital technologies in passenger transport. His most recent research topics include nationwide mobility service guarantee, COVID-19 and commuting, and scientific supervision of a full translation of the EU's SUMP guideline into Japanese. He is co-chairing WCTRS SIG G2 with Günter Emberger.
