There is a lot of talk right now about how COVID19 will have changed the world, and transit is certainly not immune to these changes. Many agencies are seeing ridership and farebox revenues at lower levels than at any point in recent memory. The same is true about fuel and sales tax revenues, of course. However, there is no denying that at some point in the near future, life will gradually go back to normal – it has already started to for some of us – and when it does, we can expect the basic challenges to transit service effectiveness will still be there.
