Travel demand increases by 20.6% compared to the month of January and 9.39% compared to the month of February.
A report presented new data on the social mobility habits of Argentines facing the beginning of classes. The number of people who mobilize based on the educational establishments and their school cycles.
This information was prepared by Focus Market in the realization of his DiDi Social Mobility Blog. In that document, they seek to show how the social mobility habits of the Argentines at the beginning of the 2024 school year.
2024 school year: how the return to school will affect public transportation
Based on data from National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) people who live in private homes and attend an educational establishment amount to 15,478,272 peoplerepresenting the 33.9% of the population. Of this amount, the 34.7% (8,180,218 people) correspond to women/feminine and the 33.2% (7,298,054 people) men/masculine.
“At the beginning of the school year more than 15 million Argentines begin to mobilize and move to different educational establishments. Only the start of classes generates a additional impact on the economy with increases in necessary consumption levels both at the wholesale and retail sales level in a moment of retraction of activity. Given the recession we are going through, many sectors await the start of classes with more expectations than in other years“, he pointed Damian Di PaceDirector of the Focus Market Consulting Firm.
According to the DiDi Social Mobility Blog, in March – the month of the beginning of classes – the travel demand increases a 20.6% regarding the month January and a 9.39% regarding the month of February.
In the first week of school there’s a increase in the travel request of the twenty% in the hours of 6 to 8 in the morning. In the second week of classes demand remains at a 14.6% growththe time of greatest social mobility being 12 noon.
Classroom school classes.jpg
Classroom school classes.jpg
For its part, there is a decrease of travel demand with the start of classes in the hours from 6 to 11 p.m. with a 12.4% drop where fewer night outings are recorded.
In this report, in addition to the impact on social mobility, we survey the prices of School Canteen Service versus School Meals prepared at home. In the case of the school cafeteria, its price increases $104,200 monthly (20 days). In the case of home-made food, its preparation implies a monthly expenditure of $32,850. In this case, the costs of electricity, gas and hours of work that the home kitchen involves for its preparation are not included.
Back to school: which levels generate the most trips
- Primary: 32.8%
- Secondary: 31.1%
- University degree: 13.8%
- Non-university tertiary: 8.1%
- Room of 4 or 5: 7.5%
- Kindergarten, care center, rooms from 0 to 3: 4.8%
- Postgraduate: 1.9%
Source: Ambito
