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David Levinson, Professor of Transport, University of Sydney

50 cents, 0 cents, 1 question: how much can fare cuts boost public transport use?

David Levinson

Public transport ridership has taken a beating in many Australian cities since the onset of COVID. With more people still working from home – typically office workers who had been concentrated in central business districts – passenger numbers remain well below pre-COVID levels on routes serving those CBDs.

Time series of Opal boardings showing that ridership has not recovered pre-Covid levels in Sydney
Boarding numbers on NSW train and bus services relative to pre-COVID 2019 values. Data source: TfNSW Open Data Hub, CC BY
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