Teleworking and Online Shopping: Socio-Economic Factors Affecting Their Impact on Transport Demand

Teleworking and online shopping became commonplace during the COVID-19 pandemic can be expected to maintain a strong presence in foreseeable future. They lead significant changes mobility patterns transport demand. It is still unclear, however, how extensive their adoption be, since each individual has different preferences or constraints. The overall impact on depends which segments of population will modify behaviour what substitutes current be. purpose this work identify user profiles spatial aspects that affect teleworking shopping, explore potential To end, data from an EU-wide survey were analysed using Machine Learning methodology. results suggest while take up new consumption high average, there are differences among countries across socio-economic profiles. appears have mainly certain services sectors, affecting commuting predominantly large urban areas. Online activity more uniform population, although age groups may relevant. findings useful for analysis policies encourage uptake technologies mobility. also good reference point future studies ex-post impacts