Public transport has lost more than 10 million passengers since 2020

By Gabriela Gonçalves / 10/08/2022 / 1 minute reading

In 2021, the number of passengers paying for public transport increased by 37,8% compared to 2020, but even so, compared to 2019, the drop in passengers was 32,6%. This reduction is 10,8 million trips made by paying passengers daily, throughout Brazil. You are one of them?

In 2021, the number of passengers paying for public transport increased by 37,8% compared to 2020. But, when compared to 2019, a year before the pandemic, the drop in passengers was 32,6. 2021%. This is data from the Yearbook of the National Association of Urban Transport Companies (NTU) 2022-9, which was released on Tuesday (10,8). The reduction is XNUMX million trips made by paying passengers daily, throughout Brazil.

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The data is analyzed comparing the months of April and October of each year, according to NTU. In April 2021, there was a 119,5% growth in total passengers compared to April 2020, when there were higher rates of social isolation due to the pandemic. In October 2021, there was a reduction of 2,1% compared to October 2020.

In 2019, 33,2 million passengers paid for their public transport trips every day, a number that fell to 22,4 million in 2021.

The yearbook highlights the increase in the supply of public transport. In 2021, it grew 8,5%.

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