RT Journal Article
T1 Traffic congestion and economic context: changes of spatiotemporal patterns of traffic travel times during crisis and post-crisis periods
A1 Moyano, Amparo
A1 Stepniak, Marcin
A1 Moya Gómez, Borja
A1 García Palomares, Juan Carlos
AB This paper aims to evaluate the impacts of the economic context on traffic congestion and its consequential effects on private vehicle accessibility. We conduct a long-term analysis of spatiotemporal traffic congestion patterns in Madrid (Spain), comparing two urban realms: the 2008 economic crisis and the following post-crisis situation. We apply TomTom Speed Profiles data to assess daily variations in traffic congestion and their changes between both periods, and Twitter data to capture spatial patterns of the daily pulse of the city. Increased traffic, a by-product of economic recovery, resulted in higher congestion, particularly during peak hours. Nevertheless, these changes are spatially uneven. In the city core, an increase in congestion is relatively temporally homogeneous, while in the peripheral suburban zones, there has been only a marginal increase in travel times. On the other hand, in the urban outskirts, increased traffic congestion is more severe but visibly different between north and south. These differences have strong social connotations: over 40% of the population experienced a dramatic increase in travel times (more than 25%) during peak hours. Moreover, low-income groups are more likely to live in the more affected southern districts, suffering most the negative consequences of increased congestion.
PB Springer
SN 0049-4488
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/94796
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/94796
LA eng
NO Moyano, Amparo, Marcin Stępniak, Borja Moya-Gómez, y Juan Carlos García-Palomares. «Traffic Congestion and Economic Context: Changes of Spatiotemporal Patterns of Traffic Travel Times during Crisis and Post-Crisis Periods». Transportation 48, n.o 6 (15 de diciembre de 2021): 3301-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-021-10170-y.
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España) 
NO European Commission 
NO Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
DS Docta Complutense
RD 28 abr 2025