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The impact of COVID-19 on mobility choices in Switzerland
(2021)We study the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated government measures on individual mobility choices in Switzerland. Our data is based on over 1,000 people for which we observe all trips during eight weeks before the pandemic and again for up to 6 months after its onset. We find an overall reduction of travel distances by 60 percent, followed by a gradual recovery during the subsequent reopening of the economy. Whereas driving ...Working Paper -
Tracing the Sars-CoV-2 impact
(2020)Arbeitsberichte Verkehrs- und RaumplanungThis note describes the changes in travel behaviour due to the restrictions imposed to slow the spread of the Sars-CoV-2 epidemic in Switzerland. The existing analyses of the Google or the national Intervisa data have limits due to missing socio-demographic details about their users. We briefly describe our GPS tracking panel and its sample. The analyses focus on the changes for different income groups and for the differences in accessibility. ...Working Paper -
A national-scale mobility pricing experiment using GPS tracking and online surveys in Switzerland
(2020)Arbeitsberichte Verkehrs- und RaumplanungThis article presents the first results and observations from the MOBIS Study, a nation-wide mobility pricing field experiment in Switzerland. Mobility pricing is widely regarded as a promising policy measure to combat congestion, internalize external costs of transport, and offset decreasing fuel tax revenues. However, the implementation of mobility pricing in Switzerland is hindered by a lack of empirical evidence, among other things. ...Working Paper