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In Asian cities, the COVID-19 pandemic may be accelerating the longer-term trend towards greater use and ownership of private cars and motorcycles, while reducing the use of and trust in public transport and shared taxi and car-pool services and generating structural financial difficulties for public transport operators. It may also induce more active travel – walking, cycling and micro-mobility – and substitution of physical mobility by online activity. This Study Report discusses how Asian cities might reconfigure the mobility trends and offers a series of recommendations for enhancing the resilience of urban transport systems in the short, medium term and long term in Asian cities.

In Asian cities, the COVID-19 pandemic may be accelerating the longer-term trend towards greater use and ownership of private cars and motorcycles, while reducing the use of and trust in public transport and shared taxi and car-pool services and generating structural financial difficulties for public transport operators. It may also induce more active travel – walking, cycling and micro-mobility – and substitution of physical mobility by online activity. This Study Report discusses how Asian cities might reconfigure the mobility trends and offers a series of recommendations for enhancing the resilience of urban transport systems in the short, medium term and long term in Asian cities.

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