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The increase in the level of motorization, in addition to the undesirable impact on the environment, has also produced a negative influence on physical activity and general population health. The needs of modern human have conditioned the return to basic forms of travel and the promotion of new concept - active mobility. Current active mobility strategies are aimed at encouraging people physical activity through the realization of daily trips, primarily by walking or cycling. This concept underwent certain changes during the Covid-19 pandemic, which affected the general reduction of the population mobility, but at the same time increased the share of alternative modes. The mentioned outcome was used as an incentive to further promote active travel in order to preserve the general health and increase the resilience of cities. This paper presents some of the most significant results according to the survey of the Covid-19 impact on active mobility. The research was conducted for the city of Belgrade (Republic of Serbia), on a sample of 1143 respondents. The obtained outcomes indicate an increase in the degree of active mobility (walking and cycling) during the pandemic, compared to the period before the Covid-19. Similar results were observed in other cities, which led to the fact that during isolation, people transferred to sustainable modes of transport in order to realize everyday activities. Moreover, the changes that occurred in the pandemic provided the necessary incentive to maintain the existing modal split and to further increase the number of active trips in the future.
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Trpković, A., Anoyrkati, E., Maraš, V., Živanović, P., Jevremović, S. (2023). The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Active Mobility – Belgrade Example. In: Nathanail, E.G., Gavanas, N., Adamos, G. (eds) Smart Energy for Smart Transport. CSUM 2022. Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23721-8_77
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