Urban public-transit ridership in the province remains 14 per cent below 2019 level
B.C.'s urban public-transit systems have seen ridership and revenue return at a rate that is higher than the country as a whole, according to new Statistics Canada data.
Today's data show that urban transit systems in B.C. and the Canadian territories in July generated $86.1 million in revenue, excluding subsidies, down 6.4 per cent from $92 million in revenue, excluding subsidies, in the same month in 2019. Ridership on B.C. and territorial urban transit systems similarly is closer to 2019 levels than ridership on those systems across Canada. Ridership in the B.C. and territorial region hit 38.3 million in July, down 13.93 per cent from 44.5 million in the same month in 2019. Canada-wide, 110.8 million passengers rode urban public transit systems in July, down 24.83 per cent from 147.4 million passengers in the same month in 2019.
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