چكيده به لاتين
Due to increase in population, urbanization and the use of transportation, governments and decision makers in the field of transportation, are always looking for the development of transportation mode with less environmental impact. In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to know enough about people's travel behavior, especially in different groups and ages. One of the age periods that is of great importance in the issue of travel behavior is the young age between 15-35 years old, because first of all, people face significant growth in intra-city travel and transportation needs. secondly, they face an increase in different transportation options, and thirdly, the travel behavior that is formed in people during this period can last for the rest of their lives. Also, one of the other issues that are important to investigate, is the impact of the Corona pandemic on mode choice. The Corona pandemic has had a great impact on all areas of life, including travel behavior, and knowing how travel behavior changes during this period is very important to develop appropriate strategies for similar events in the future.
The present research is descriptive applied research in which, firstly, we study the factors influencing mode choice for the young residents of Tehran, and secondly, we examine the effect of the corona pandemic on it. The statistical population of this research is all young people living in Tehran between 17-30 years old. In this research, a questionnaire tool was used to collect data and 383 questionnaires were completed by different people. After analyzing the data be descriptive statistics, multinomial logit models were used separately in three times before the start of the pandemic, during the pandemic and after the end of the pandemic.
Regarding the impact of the corona pandemic on young adults’ mode choice, the results of descriptive statistics show that the use of private cars has increased significantly during the pandemic, as well as the health parameter during travel, which was not very important for people before the spread of the virus, has become very important during the pandemic and has maintained its importance even after its end. The results of logit models also show that during the pandemic, the desirability of a private car for people who are the only child of the family, increased more than other groups, the desirability of using a taxi during the pandemic and even after its completion has also increased for women. Also, the findings show that the desirability of using the subway has decreased for people who have a person with underlying disease in their family after the pandemic, and people who have somebody died as a result of the disease in their family, the use of motorcycles has become more favorable for the after the end of the pandemic.
