Public transport usage has been all over the place since the start of the pandemic over two years ago. It’s been a while since we talking about what’s happening with ridership so I thought it is time to see where it’s at. Average weekday usage in Auckland peaked at the start of May at around 216k trips per weekday after the school holidays ended – note, the weekday averages exclude weekends and public holidays. While the spread of COVID is out of ATs control, the fact remains that poor service quality is a sure-fire way to discourage public transport use. We’re also going to need Auckland Transport to be both incredibly creative and aggressive in their pursuit of options to improve the customer experience.

Source: Stuff June 22, 2022 07:44 UTC