Recent Decline in Public Transportation Ridership: Analysis, Causes, and Responses (2022) / Chapter Skim
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1 Pre-pandemic Transit Ridership The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has dramatically affected all segments of economies across the globe, and mobility providers have been among the most affected by the stay-at-home mandates.
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2 Recent Decline in Public Transportation Ridership: Analysis, Causes, and Responses Explaining Transit Ridership Declines Through the literature review shown in Chapter 2, four categories of factors and strategies for transit ridership change were identified, broken into the intersection of internal and external factors and traditional and emerging factors. Internal factors are those that transit agencies can control, while external factors are those that impact transit agencies but over which they have little control.
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Summary 3 decreases of between 10% and 14%. The effect of ride-hailing on rail ridership in larger metro areas is much smaller, but the effect in the mid-sized metro areas is similar to its effect on buses.
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4 Recent Decline in Public Transportation Ridership: Analysis, Causes, and Responses • Redesign fare policy. Fare policy is typically within the control of the transit agency.
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Summary 5 to keep gas prices low, making driving a much cheaper option and adversely impacting transit ridership. • Potential for higher transit fares.
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