The traffic sector is responsible for the greatest amount of greenhouse emissions in Sweden because of its combustion of fossil fuels. Sandviken is the municipality in Gävleborg county that uses the least amount of public transportation in form of bus traffic. The aim of this study is to gain an understanding through qualitative research how the individual looks and reflects upon their own commuting, and to identify which factors that mostly affects the individuals commuting habits. The study is geo-graphically delimited to look to Sandbacka Park. The amount of interview partici-pants was in total 18, seven women and eleven men. The main themes that could be identified from the interviews was stress, environmental awareness, flexibility, effi-ciency and control. The average distance to the workplace was about 19,25 km. In total stated 73% of men and 57% of women that car was the main mode of transport to the workplace. This means that more men than women travelled by car to the workplace, and also show more positive feeling to car use. Many of the par-ticipants of the interview had knowledge of climate change and the connection it has to transportation but could still defend their own individual car use. Some of the men that were interviewed claimed to have a greater need of flexibility and maintain status, which can be an explanation as to why the need of car use is greater with men than women. 42% of women and 27% of men commutes which more sustainable modes of transportation, such as public transportation and walking or bicycling. Two of the women who commuted with public transportation expressed content with their mode of transportation. They had also during the interviews mentioned an environmental awareness, which shows that there is a connection between mak-ing sustainable choices and being content with the chosen more sustainable mode of transportation. The results from Sandbacka Park is generalizable to other work-places with the same kind of prerequisites. This study shows that men have more positive emotions connected to car use and uses the car more as a mode of commut-ing to work. During future studies it may be of importance to focus more on longer interviews timewise to create an even greater understanding of the individuals need and prerequisites when commuting. With a greater sample size a more generalisable result could have been achieved.Key words: Commuting, stress, public transportation, commute mode, travel mode choice, gender

Detta uppsatsarbete syftade till att undersöka ifall allmänheten upplevde att Covid-19-pandemin har lett till ändrade beteenden vad gäller pendlings- och resvanor samt att utforska ifall det finns vissa färdsätt som har fått en ändrad betydelse för allmänheten i stort. Tidigare forskning om resvanor som genomförts under Covid-19-pandemins gång visar underlag och stöd för ändrade resvanor i dagsläget i kontrast med resvanor som de såg ut före pandemins utbrott med fokus på effekterna som pandemins restriktioner och rekommendationer har medfört. En utgångspunkt i detta forskningsområdet berör den omställning som många människor har fått göra till att i någon grad utföra sina vardagssysselsättningar digitalt och på distans som följd av pandemin och hur denna omställning har påverkat människors resvanor. Samtidigt indikerar tidigare forskning även att andra aspekter av människors resvanor har ändrats som följd av pandemin såsom en observerad tendens att undvika kollektivtrafik, att genomföra färre besök till exempelvis butiker under pandemiförhållanden och att man i allt större utsträckning väljer alternativa färdsätt för att undvika just kollektivtrafiken och folksamlingar. Slutsatsen som dras från både resultaten av uppsatsarbetets enkätstudie och arbetets litteraturstudie är att en majoritet av allmänheten upplever att de har utvecklat nya vanor och beteenden kring resor i vardagen samtidigt som många även upplever att kollektivtrafiken som färdsätt har fått en annan betydelse för dem under pandemins gång. / The purpose of this paper was to investigate whether the general public felt that the Covid-19 pandemic had led to altered behaviors regarding commuting and travel habits while also seeking to explore whether there are certain modes of transport that have gained a different meaning to the general public. Previous research on travel habits conducted during the Covid-19 pandemic provides a basis in regards to potentially investigating differing travel habits as they are perceived today in contrast with how travel habits were perceived before the pandemic outbreak, while also focusing on the effects of pandemic restrictions and recommendations. A starting point in this research area includes the adjustments that many people have taken on to carry out their everyday activities both virtually and remotely to varying degrees as a result of the pandemic, while also striving to understand how this change has affected people's travel habits. Meanwhile, previous research also indicates that other aspects of people's travel habits have changed as a result of the pandemic, such as an observed tendency to avoid public transport, to carry out fewer unnecessary outings to shops during the pandemic and to increasingly choose alternative modes of transport in order to avoid public transport and potential crowds. The conclusions drawn from both the results of this paper’s survey study and the accompanying literature study is that a majority of the public feel that they have developed new habits and behaviors in relation to everyday travel while this same majority also feels that public transport as a mode of transport has acquired a different meaning for them during the pandemic.