Despite bus driver shortages, 99.72 per cent of routes in Canberra still run

Most public bus services continue to run as timetabled despite driver absences as a result of COVID-19. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The vast majority of public bus services continue to be run, despite transport officials contending with significant staff shortages and an outbreak of COVID-19 among drivers.

Transport Canberra has run 99.72 per cent of services as planned on weekdays in the last month, figures provided to the The Canberra Times have shown.