Lessons learned in the transport system in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic: exceptional events and transport safety

Abstract

Interview with the Junta de Seguridad en el transporte (JST, Argentina) research team that conducted the agency's first-ever study of an exceptional event. The work, which began in 2020 and ended in 2022, addresses crisis management practices in each mode of transportation.

The declaration of the pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) led the Argentine State to make exceptional and emergency decisions. When the National Executive Power ordered by decree the adoption of measures to contain the spread of the new coronavirus in the country, among other things, transportation drastically reduced its frequency and even interrupted its continuity. In this context, the JST initiated a study in October 2020 and set out to learn about and systematize the crisis management strategies and practices implemented by the constituent organizations of multimodal transport to maintain operational continuity and the operational and health safety of workers in Argentine public transport.