Iowa Ideas 2020 replay: COVID-19 and Impacts on Travel Patterns

Iowa saw huge changes in travel patterns, as Iowans worked from home during COVID. What does this change in patterns mean for roads, street funding, for tourism and local street projects? Will this be a temporary or longer-lasting situation?

Panelists: Stuart Anderson, Director of Planning, Programming and Modal Division, Iowa Department of Transportation; Jeff Von Brown, Iowa Department of Transportation Modeling, Forecasting, and telemetrics, Iowa Department of Transportation. Moderated by: James Lynch, The Gazette.

This session was part of the 2020 Iowa Ideas Conference presented by ITC and held Oct. 15-16, 2020. This session originally occurred at 4:30-5:30 p.m. on Oct. 15, 2020. The two-day conference hosted by The Gazette brings together policymakers, experts and community members passionate about the state's future. For more replays, visit

iowaideas.com.