After the virus, public transport uptake a government destination

By Melissa Coade

November 9, 2021

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Southern Cross Station, Melbourne. (jovannig/Adobe)

COVID-19 has not only changed how far people travel (if that was even a choice for most Australians in recent months) but how we are getting to our chosen destinations. As life starts to transition back to something close to normal, public servants are scratching their heads over what it will take to get us using public transport again. Some gentle nudges might help.

Commuter numbers on public trains, buses, trams and ferries plummeted during the pandemic, and governments are only now seeing a slow but hesitant return to ordinarily crowded routes and lines

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