Research and analysis

Travel behaviour, attitudes and social impact of COVID-19

Study into the travel behaviour of people during and following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 23 July 2020
• Last updated: 28 June 2022 — See all updates

Documents

All change? Travel tracker - Wave 6 report

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All change? Travel tracker - autumn 2021 qualitative report

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All change? Travel tracker - Wave 5 report

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All change? Travel tracker - Wave 4 report

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All change? Travel tracker - Wave 3 report

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All change? Travel tracker - autumn 2020 qualitative report

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All change? Travel tracker - Wave 2 report

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All change? Travel tracker - Wave 1 report

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Details

This research into the travel behaviour of people during the COVID-19 pandemic aims to:

• understand the longer-term social, attitudinal and behavioural effects of COVID-19
• identify how lower-carbon behaviours could be maintained following the peak

The 6 reports, with qualitative analysis, were created between June 2020 and November 2021.

The research was conducted by Ipsos MORI on behalf of the Department for Transport with the last, the sixth wave, released in June 2022.

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• Shared mobility: user attitudes

Published 23 July 2020
Last updated 28 June 2022 + show all updates

1. 28 June 2022

   Wave 6 report and qualitative report released.

2. 3 February 2022

   Wave 5 report added.

3. 26 May 2021

   Added All change? Travel tracker - Wave 4 report.

4. 18 March 2021

   Published All change? Travel tracker - Wave 3 report.

5. 25 February 2021

   Added wave 2 and autumn 2020 qualitative reports.

6. 23 July 2020

   First published.