How has the mobility of vulnerable people been impacted by COVID-19?
A policy brief calling for improved mobility for elderly and physically challenged people
Abstract
Elderly and physically challenged people have different travel needs and challenges. Transport infrastructure and services in all Low-Income Countries (LICs) are not easily accessible for elderly and physically challenged people. Added to these problems, the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound impact on peoples’ mobility in almost every country around the world (i.e. both in LICs and elsewhere), changing activity patterns and travel behaviour. This research provides a detailed understanding about the mobility of elderly and physically challenged people in LICs during COVID-19; particularly as to whether there are any significant changes due to COVID-19 and any major constraints or issues related to their travel. Household surveys of 1,669 elderly and physically challenged people were conducted in eight case study cities in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Tanzania and Zambia during November 2020.
This is an output of the High Volume Transport Applied Research Programme
Citation
M. Shafiq-Ur Rahman (2021) How has the mobility of vulnerable people been impacted by COVID-19? A policy brief calling for improved mobility for elderly and physically challenged people