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Technical Session: COVID-19 Impacts on Public Transit Service and Road Space
Connecting Vulnerable Populations to Essential Services Through a Pandemic in Southern California
Paul Sorensen
Principal
Cambridge Systematics
Analyzing Transit Service and Ridership Changes during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from Boston, Houston and Los Angeles
Julene Paul
PhD Student
UCLA
Using equity and data to guide transit service recovery
Herbert Higginbotham
National Director, Transit + Shared Mobility
Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
Room to move: Approaches to COVID-19 street reallocations in five North American cities
Jaimy Fischer
PhD Candidate
Simon Fraser University
Making Space: lessons from street reallocation in the time of COVID-19
Kara Martin
Master's Student
McGill University
Technical Session: COVID-19 Impacts on Public Transit Service and Road Space
Description
Date: Thursday, September 9
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Location: Meeting Room 1
Session Description:
COVID-19 dramatically disrupted the lives, travel patterns, and social interactions of individuals around the world. Furthermore, these impacts were more pronounced for individuals who already faced barriers to accessing essential services, as well as for many transit agencies, who had to reduce service due to severely reduced ridership demand, increased costs of providing service, and limited budgets. This session offers insights on adaptations and recovery strategies in different cities, particularly regarding the deployment of new transportation services and technologies for diagnosing and addressing equity issues as well as lingering challenges over street space allocation and the longevity of pandemic-induced innovation.
Session Moderator:
Matthew Palm, University or Toronto