A telekocsizás utasszámának területi változásai a COVID-19-járvány első két hullámának idején, az Oszkar.com platform adatai alapján
Territorial changes in ridesharing passenger numbers in Hungary during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, based on Oszkar.com platform data

Summary/Abstract: Worldwide all mobility segments declined significantly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, from the local traffic to the inter-continent alone. The scope of the study is the analysis ofthe domestic ride share-traffic during the first two waves of the pandemic. The author scaled within ten three-day intervals the booked places on the most popular route (Miskolc-Budapest) of the base period on the largest domestic rideshare platform (Oszkar.com). The paper examines the effects of the pandemic related restrictions on mobility, both in time and regionally. According to the results,the second wave affected the country more severely regarding the number of those infected and those deceased, still ridesharing declined in a higher degree during the firstwave compared to the base period, as a result of the timely differences of the restrictions,the almost complete stop page of the economy in spring 2020, as well as the prolonged presence of the virus, suggesting that the initial, shock-like effects of the COVID-19 pandemic force the society to a longer period ofadaptation.

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