AUTHOR=Shen Zhuya 

TITLE=Workplace commute in Shanghai under post-pandemic rehabilitation: Health and fitness problems in planning and sustainability challenges

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Environmental Science

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-science/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1037363

DOI=10.3389/fenvs.2022.1037363

ISSN=2296-665X

ABSTRACT=The COVID-19 has changed people's lifestyle from many aspects such as the way people commute. This report is to understand how residents in Shanghai commute with difficulties and the environmental sustainability challenges and health issues caused by COVID-19. Taking educational institution in Shanghai as example, this study applied big data techniques with kernel density, Ripley's K(d) function and 2SFCA analysis to identify the spatial characteristics and accessibility of different institution types under different modes of transportation. The results show that the distribution is extremely uneven in Shanghai, area with extreme concentration is observed. In case of educational workplace, although the proportion of street-town with moderate or higher accessibility reached 74.34%, such proportion is only 41.01% for walking mode. Current planning has skewed commuting around educational sites towards more carbon-intensive travel patterns. Besides, households located in the districts of Chongming, Qingpu and Jinshan commute much longer than those in other regions. Long commutes time may lead to the wider spread of disease and it’s harmful to residents' health. In summary, the findings of this paper regarding commuting to educational sites provide a clearer understanding of the health and sustainability challenges facing transport systems for policymakers.