November 19, 2020

The Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Transit Demand in the United States

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice

Keywords (Tags): public health

• Analysis of nationwide transit demand data from a widely used navigation app show that approximately half of transit systems experienced declines in demand before local community spread of COVID-19, but few transit systems reached their minimal demand before community spread was sustained. Communities with greater proportions of essential workers and African Americans or Hispanics tended to maintain higher levels of minimal demand.

Liu et al. (Nov 18, 2020). The Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Public Transit Demand in the United States. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242476