More Riders Return To Public Transit

Currently RPT is operating at about sixty percent capacity.

Transit numbers-stinger-2 the coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on public transit.

As life starts to return to normal - there's some concern that ridership may not ever return to its pre-pandemic levels.

But as kimt news three's raquel hellman is finding out - transit leaders in the med city are optimistic.

Live she joins us live in rochester to explain - raquel?xxx transit numbers-live vo-2 here in downtown rochester - many mayo clinic employees are getting off work - and heading to the rochester public buses to get home.

Transit numbers-live vo-1 transit numbers-live vo-4 currently r-p-t is operating at about sixty percent capacity.

Before the pandemic - they averaged about eight to nine thousand trips.

During the pandemic - that went down to just a few hundred trips a day.

That's more than a 90- percent loss of ridership.

But there is some good news.xxx transit numbers-live sot-1 transit numbers-live sot-4 we've since rebounded a little bit, we're up to about 1500 or so to 2000 trips per day, so we're starting to see a rebound.

Transit numbers-live sot-3 r-p-t recently completed a rider survey of more than 570 people.

Of those - 85 percent say they plan to return to their pre-pandemic public transit usage.

Live in rochester- raquel hellman kimt news 3.

Thanks raquel.

They are taking steps to protect riders - including ramping up their disinfecting procedures and asking riders to wear masks.

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