"The COVID-19 effect is likely to reduce the demand for public transport in favor of lower density alternatives," write the authors. Their study considers links between commuters' demographic factors and incidence of disease transmission, as well as the environmental implications of decreased ridership on public transport. Read the article in Scientific Reports here.
Nov. 5, 2021, 2:26 p.m.
Jim Krane, Ph.D., is the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy in Houston. He specializes in energy geopolitics, with a focus on oil-exporting countries and the challenges they face from energy …
Miaomiao Rimmer is a research manager at the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies. Her areas of interest include data automation, database design and data visualization. Prior to joining the Baker Institute, she was a data librarian at Fondren Library …
