Highlights
In January, urban transit recorded its lowest ridership in five months, falling to 67.3 million passenger trips. This drop followed the reintroduction of stricter public health measures in several provinces in response to an upsurge in COVID-19 cases.
Provincial restrictions to combat the Omicron variant also served to slow the recovery in public transit. Ridership as a percentage, compared with pre-pandemic 2019 levels, slipped from 56.0% in December 2021 down to 41.8% in January 2022.
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