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.

The book begins with Part 1, a thematic section on response and recovery efforts, providing insights on 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 pandemic, 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' responses. Each chapter is guided by a set of common research questions based on disaster mitigation theory. Following this, a comparative analysis is presented to address these questions. Part 3 then focuses on learnings 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.