Structural change and spatial pattern of intentional travel groups: A case study of metro riders in Hong Kong.

ABSTRACT: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face contacts decreased but still existed despite people's fear of virus infection and governments' social gathering restrictions. These interactions influenced virus transmission routes, if any and reflected people's essential social interactive demands in the city. In this article, we identified people who intentionally travel as groups (ITGs) to characterize social interactions before and amid COVID-19. To systematically understand ITGs' mobility patterns, an ITG structure was defined and measured in multiple dimensions, including composition, function, size, intensity, quality, and spatiotemporal distribution. Based on a longitudinal smartcard dataset in Hong Kong spanning the year of 2020, we operationalized the ITG structure in the local metro syst

SUBMITTER: Zhou M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9850845 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature