Last week I went to meet someone at Union Station in the middle of what we used to call rush-hour. Waiting in the beautifully redesigned station where the GO Trains empty out commuters coming into downtown Toronto was unlike anything I remember seeing.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Metrolinx reports that GO Transit riders now is at 50% of pre-pandemic levels, boosted in part by weekend travel being back up to 100%. That means weekday ridership remains below 50%. The Toronto Transit Commission reports that ridership is at about 60% of pre-pandemic levels. In Ottawa it’s at 56% in June compared to June 2019, but well below what the transit system was projecting for this year.
A recent survey by the insurance company Aviva showed that 18% of Canadians said their transportation habits had changed since COVID-19. The poll of 2,500 Canadians found that 54% of those who weren’t currently driving expected to be driving in the next year.Article content The lack of workers in Ottawa’s office towers is leaving many small businesses in the nation’s capital feeling the pinch.
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