Research findings

Below, you can find information about some of the projects that our team developed with data from the COVID Future survey.

Publications

• Chauhan, R.S., Conway, M.W., Capasso da Silva, D., Salon, D., Shamshiripour, A., Rahimi, E., Khoeini, S., Mohammadian, A., Derrible, S., & Pendyala, R., 2021 “A database of travel-related behaviors and attitudes before, during, and after COVID-19 in the United States”, Scientific Data, 8(1):245.
• Salon, D., Conway, M.W., Capasso da Silva, D., Chauhan, R.S., Derrible, S., Mohammadian, A., Khoeini, S., Parker, N., Mirtich, L., Shamshiripour, A., Rahimi, E., Pendyala, R., 2021 “The potential stickiness of pandemic-induced behavior changes in the United States”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 118(27): e2106499118
• Chauhan, R.S., Capasso da Silva, D., Salon, D., Shamshiripour, A., Rahimi, E., Sutradhar, U., Khoeini, A., Mohammadian, A., Derrible, S. & Pendyala, R., 2021 “COVID-19 Related Attitudes and Risk Perceptions across Urban,Rural, and Suburban Areas in the United States” Findings, DOI: 10.32866/001c.23714
• Capasso da Silva, D., Khoeini, S., Salon, D., Conway, M.W., Chauhan, R.S., Pendyala, R., Shamshiripour, A., Rahimi, E., Magassy, T., Mohammadian, A., Derrible, S., 2021, “How are Attitudes Toward COVID-19 Associated with Traveler Behavior During the Pandemic?”, Findings, DOI: 10.32866/001c.24389
• Mirtich, L., Conway, M.W., Salon, D., Kedron, P., Derrible, S., Khoeini,S., Mohammadian, A., & Rahimi, E., “How stable are transport-related attitudes over time?”, Findings, DOI: 10.32866/001c.24556

Conference presentations

• 101st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 2022
  • T. Magassy, E. Rahimi, M. Mohammadi, A. Davatgari, A. Mohammadian, R. Chauhan, M. Conway, R. Pendyala, D. Salon, S. Derrible, S. Khoeini. “Observed and Expected Impacts of COVID 19 on Travel Behavior in the United States. A Panel Study Analysis”
  • M. Mohammadi, E. Rahimi, A. Davatgari, M. Javadinasr, A. Mohammadian,M. W. Bhagat-Conway, D. Salon, R. S. Chauhan, S. Derrible, R. M. Pendyala. “Examining the Stickiness of Telecommuting after the COVID-19 Pandemic”
  • S. Khoeini, S. Sharda, D. Baker, R.M. Pendyala, M.W. Bhagat-Conway, D. Salon, L. Mirtich, R.S. Chauhan, S. Derrible, E. Rahimi, M.J. Javadinasr, and A. Mohammadian. “Expected Change in US Air Travel after the COVID-19 Pandemic”
  • Mirtich, L., Conway, M.W., Salon, D., Kedron, P., Derrible, S., Khoeini,S., Mohammadian, A., & Rahimi, E. “The Stability of Transport-Related Attitudes over Time: A Case Study during COVID-19”
• International Choice Modeling Conference, May 2021
  • Khoeini, S. “Expected Change in US Air Travel after the COVID-19 Pandemic Using Integrated Choice and Latent Variable (ICLV) Model”
• 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 2020
  • Salon, D., and Pendyala, R. “Forecasting the “Stickiness” of Pandemic-Era Travel Behavior Changes. The Future of Travel in a Post-COVID-19 World”
  • Derrible, S., and Mohammadian, K. “How Have Attitudes and Perceptions Affected People’s Work and Travel Behaviors in a COVID Era?”

Webinars

• November 2020: TOMNET-hosted webinar to communicate highlights from our survey to the public. Slides can be dowloaded using the links below and a recording of the webcast is available here
  • COVID Future Survey Introduction (Deborah Salon)
  • Attitudinal Profiles and Travel Behavior After the Pandemic (Denise Capasso da Silva, Sara Khoeini, Deborah Salon, Ram Pendyala)
  • Will We Keep Working from Home After the Pandemic? (Matthew Conway, Deborah Salon)
  • Travel Mode Choice During and After the Pandemic (Rishabh Chauhan, Sybil Derrible)
  • E-Shopping Trends During and After the Pandemic (Ali Shamshiripour, Abolfazl Mohammadian)
  • Impacts of the Pandemic on Disadvantaged Populations (Ehsan Rahimi, Abolfazl Mohammadian)
  • Air Travel Patterns During and After the Pandemic (Sara Khoeini, Denise Capasso da Silva, Deborah Salon, Ram Pendyala)