A new policymaking framework for addressing the impacts of COVID - 19 and future pandemics: PASS approach and its applications

The novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has had wide-reaching and unprecedented impacts on the transport sector worldwide. At present, there is no globally agreed timeframe for when this pandemic will end. The current and near-future potential impacts must be addressed in a relatively comprehensive and seamless way. This presentation is made based on the author’s paper published in Transport Policy (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.09.009), which proposed a PASS (P: Prepare–Protect–Provide; A: Avoid–Adjust; S: Shift–Share; S: Substitute–Stop) approach for policymaking that accounts for COVID-19 and future public health threats. The PASS approach was illustrated conceptually, and then policy measures were recommended by referring to the past and ongoing best practices. Policymaking challenges and research issues were discussed. In this presentation, some case studies on the PASS-based policy measures in Asian cities are further compared.