Changes in transport and consumer behaviour as a result of retail restriction on Sundays on the example of Łódź (Poland)
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Transport Geography Papers of Polish Geographical Society, 2023, 26 (2), pp. 57-76
https://doi.org/10.4467/2543859XPKG.23.011.21790Authors
Changes in transport and consumer behaviour as a result of retail restriction on Sundays on the example of Łódź (Poland)
The goal of the study is to show how the restrictions on commercial businesses affected travel behaviour among residents of a large city in Central Europe (here: Lodz, Poland). To achieve this objective, a survey was conducted in autumn 2021 on a cohort of over 6,000 Lodz residents aged 13+ using the mixed-mode CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing) and CAWI (Computer Assisted Web Interviewing) techniques. The research sample size reflected the population demographics was representative. The results were utilised to identify particular groups of residents with specific transport and consumer behaviour using the clustering method. Five clusters were determined in which a correlation between the respondents’ traits (i.e., age and occupation) and transport and consumer behaviour could be discerned. Since both the oldest and the youngest respondents display low mobility (especially on Sundays), the Sunday retail restrictions have had little impact on the way they organise their time. People of working age (30-44 and 45-64 years old) exhibit different patterns, however. Being the most mobile population group, they declare that the restrictions have had a negative impact on their time management.
The article was written under the project no. 2019/35/D/HS4/00697 funded by the National Science Centre in Poland. The project is co-financed by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange under the framework of the subsidy for tertiary education aimed at academies and universities which participated in the IDUB Contest (‘Inicjatywa Doskonałości – Uczelnia Badawcza’)
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Information: Transport Geography Papers of Polish Geographical Society, 2023, 26 (2), pp. 57-76
Article type: Original scientific article
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Faculty of Geographical Sciences,
University of Lodz
ul. Narutowicza 65, 90-131 Łódź, Poland
Institute of Mathematics,
Lodz University of Technology
Poland
Comenius University, Department of Economic and Social Geography, Demography and Territorial Development, Bratislava
Slovakia
Institute of Mathematics,
Lodz University of Technology
Poland
Faculty of Geographical Sciences,
University of Lodz
ul. Narutowicza 65, 90-131 Łódź, Poland
Published at: 18.06.2025
Received at: 19.04.2023
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