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Dr Agnieszka Łukasiewicz
ORCID: 0000-0001-6876-8110

Ph.D. Assistant Professor at the Division of Management Systems and Telematics of the Road and Bridge Research Institute, with extensive international experience. She has participated in a number of international research projects under the sixth and seventh Framework Programmes, HORIZON 2020 and COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), including management of planning and implementation of large infrastructure projects, sustainable transport, road safety and travel studies, as well as social aspects of transport sector. She is currently actively involved in the From Sharing to Caring: Examining Socio-Technical Aspects of the Collaborative Economy project and the European Partnership for the new budgetary perspective Horizon Europe, in the area of Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility. She was also a participant in numerous national research projects.

 
DOI: 10.33226/1231-2037.2021.5.2
JEL: L1, N7

The purpose of this article is to present the results of research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the activity of road freight transport companies. Moreover, it outlines the main corrective actions that have been taken by road carriers to eliminate the effects of the crisis. The source basis are the results of studies, which were conducted on a purposively selected sample of 100 enterprises representing the sector. What emerges from the research carried out is a destructive impact of the pandemic on the activities carried out in the field of road transport. Consequences of the epidemic can be seen both in the reduction for transport services' demand and in poorer financial condition of the companies surveyed. In response to the crisis, transport companies have taken numerous cost-cutting measures.

Keywords: road carriers; COVID-19 pandemic; corrective measures; road freight transport