Keeping public transport services going during the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a startling death toll among essential workers such as train and bus drivers.
The sacrifices made by transit workers during the coronavirus pandemic are proof that ridership alone is not a good enough measure of public transport’s value to society.
UITP says that passenger transport must not be interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, to ensure that "the health crisis does not turn into a social one".
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic may be sending the world's transit systems into disarray, but a global surge in cycling may just provide a much-needed silver lining.