Commenting on why overall ridership has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels despite record MRT usage, Associate Professorr Liu Yang (Civil and Environmental Engineering & Industrial Systems Engineering and Management) noted that hybrid work, flexible hours and remote arrangements have altered commuting distances and timing. She highlighted that improvements in active mobility infrastructure and shared transport options are also diverting short journeys previously served by buses, contributing to evolving travel patterns across the network.
Shifting travel patterns reshape public transport usage
Assoc Prof Liu Yang explains that changing work arrangements and mobility options are influencing public transport ridership trends.
