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Car still king as passenger transport use remains below pre-pandemic levels

Deniz Huseyin
28 May 2026
 

Public transport usage remained below pre-pandemic levels over the past year, in contrast to motor vehicle use, which is near to levels before Covid-19, latest statistics from the DfT show.

The new data shows that on Monday 11 May 2026 traffic volumes were 105% of the levels during the first week of February 2020. Weekday usage in this data period has been between 100% to 107% of the pre-Covid-19 baseline, in comparison to 97% to 104% in the last data period.

The data shows that rail passenger...

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