Chapter I
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
This chapter composed of brief introduction of the problem, the statement of the problem,
significance of the study, its scope and limitation.
Introduction.
The transport industry was the most effected on the economic level. Travel restrictions that were
put in place hindered the ability of companies to transport passengers. Transport workers' wages
were deducted, other transport workers were laid off, and some transport companies were closed
down because of the pandemic. The pandemic has put the governments and transport companies
in the challenge of adapting to the new norms, consider new means of transport operations, the
efficiency of services provided to passengers, prioritizing passenger’s safety, and above all
preventing the Corona Virus from spreading. As a response to the pandemic; transport
companies had to take all necessary precautions to somehow sustain international and local
mobility. Logistics and transport companies are facing many challenges in order to adhere to
safety procedures such as social distancing. checking Covid 19 test results and other needed
information, as these procedures will prolong traveling. Social distancing and managing queuing
in innovative ways will lessen the absorptive capacity of the different means of transportation.
Since the transport industry is the most vulnerable and effected industry during the pandemic, it
is anticipated that it will be the last to recover from the impact of Covid 19. The recovery of
transportation is fully dependent on to what extent safety procedures were applied during the first
wave of the pandemic.
The global health crisis that we are now experiencing has not struck the international
community for over a century. By the time a remedy is discovered to stop the Corona virus from
transmitting and putting an end to this pandemic, the sole weapon we currently have against the
virus is to limit human contact as much as possible. As a result, the world has come to a
standstill from local transport to global supply chain. The busy and active movements in the
urban traffic and global trade routes have become calm, activity in the aviation sector has fallen
by 90%, and the level of citizens' mobility in different parts of the globe has fallen to a single
digit percentage comparing to the pre-pandemic era. The transport industry finds itself in an
unpresented situation, one of its essential roles is to bring the world together, enable citizens
meet face to face, and it is considered as the main facilitator of social interaction. The role of
transportation is fundamental and cannot be depreciated as it still contributes to nourishing and
supplying other sectors that were immensely impacted by Covid 19 such as the health sector.
The focus of the governments of various countries is to stop and control the community
transmission of COVID-19 in order to restrain the severe damage, but a dynamic transmission of
coronavirus infection makes it a strenuous task. In the months of March and April2020 lockdown
was imposed in several countries to control the fatalities and loss of physical health.2To date
(30th November 2020) the number of Covid 19 cases have reached 64,3 million cases all over
the world and 1,49million people have died. Covid 19 pandemic has severely impacted the
tourism industry, oil industry, food industry, healthcare industry, and the transport industry.
During the Corona Virus pandemic, Transportation shifted from moving passengers to playing
an essential core role in insuring that freight and key workers can continue to move, which leads
to a sudden shift in the revenue resources for transportation to keep the operations going and
experiencing unexpected financial shortfall.4
Statement of the Problem
This study aims to determine the impact of covid19 to the transportation and services to the
residence of municipality of Gasan [Link] answer the general problem, the researcher
sets the following questions: