Ridership numbers on public transport in Metro Vancouver increased to almost 80 per cent of pre-pandemic levels near the end of 2022, data shows.
Statistics from TransLink, the region’s transit authority, show that 193.6 million trips were made across the system last year, a 48 per cent increase over 2021.
The increase came as most public health measures restricting transit were dropped at the start of 2022. Ridership across the country went down sharply in the two years prior, amid the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dan Mountain, a spokesperson for the authority, said TransLink was seeing riders return at rates higher than most other transit authorities in North America.
Data from TransLink shows that ridership increased to
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