Transportation

How has the Covid-19 pandemic affected wheelchair users? Time-series analysis of the number of railway passengers in Tokyo

Y. Arai, Y. Niwa, et al.

This study by Yuko Arai, Yukari Niwa, Takahiko Kusakabe, and Kentaro Honma explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected wheelchair users' access to public transportation in Tokyo, revealing a significant drop in ridership that warrants attention.

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Abstract

This study investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on wheelchair users' access to public transportation in Tokyo. Time-series data on wheelchair rail passenger numbers and all rail passenger numbers (April 2012-December 2021) were analyzed. The analysis, which excluded seasonal variations, revealed that the decline in passenger numbers began in March 2020, a month before the state of emergency. Wheelchair users experienced a disproportionately larger reduction (approximately 20 percentage points) compared to all rail passengers, highlighting the pandemic's unequal impact on people with disabilities.

Publisher

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications

Published On

Aug 10, 2023

Authors

Yuko Arai, Yukari Niwa, Takahiko Kusakabe, Kentaro Honma

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