Durable Change in U.S. Urban Mobility Networks, 2019–2022
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13103702 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Marlow (0000-0003-3989-6775, New York University Abu Dhabi, corresponding author), K Makovi (0000-0002-4849-0606, New York University Abu Dhabi), Bruno Abrahão (0000-0003-0155-8500, New York University Shanghai) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2378-0231 • E-ISSN: 2378-0231 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/23780231231198857 |
| OpenAlex | W4387466337 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 39 |
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered how people move between neighborhoods. Tracking these changes is important because a growing literature demonstrates that mobility networks influence social and environmental exposures that interact directly with urban inequalities. Using four years of weekly smartphone-based mobility data in the 25 largest U.S. cities, we investigate how mobility changed in 2021 and 2022. We measure mobility networks with three previously used indices and introduce a fourth, the Dissimilar Mobility Index, to capture the demographic dissimilarity experienced in a mobility network. We find that although mobility hubs and their associated patterns of segregated mobility returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2021, neighborhood isolation remained depressed until the end of 2022 compared to 2019. Together, these results indicate that despite vaccine availability in 2021, structural changes in urban mobility networks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic were durable for over two years after its onset
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Index (typography · Inequality · Pandemic · Social isolation · Social mobility · Sociology · Tracking (education · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Demography · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |