  In March 2020, the UK and Scottish Governments imposed a lockdown restricting
everyday life activities to only the most essential. These Governmental
measures together with individual choices to refrain from travelling during the
COVID-19 pandemic have had a profound effect on transport related activity. In
the current investigation an online questionnaire was distributed to 994
Scottish residents in order to identify travel habits, attitudes and
preferences during the different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and
anticipated travel habits after the pandemic. Quota constraints were enforced
for age, gender and household income to ensure the sample was representative of
the Scottish population as a whole. Perceptions of risk, trust in information
sources and compliance with COVID-19 regulations were determined together with
changes in levels of life satisfaction and modal choice following the onset of
COVID-19. In addition, survey responses were used to identify anticipated
travel mode use in the future. Consideration was also given to the effects of
COVID-19 on transport related lifestyle issues such as working from home,
online shopping and the expectations of moving residences in the future. As
part of the analysis, statistical models were developed to provide an insight
into both the relationships between the levels of non compliance with COVID-19
regulations and demographic variables and the respondent attributes which might
affect future public transport usage. In general, the study confirmed
significant reductions in traffic activity, among respondents during the
COVID-19 pandemic associated with walking, driving a car and either using a bus
or train. The respondents also indicated that they anticipated they would
continue to make less use of buses and trains at the end of the pandemic.
