[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]She adds that capacity limits on HSR buses to ensure physical distancing are presenting a risk to the current reliability of service.
Dalle Vedove says up to “three and a half times more buses could be required to carry the same number of customers”, if the number of customers returning to use the service outpaces the available capacity.She says pass-bys on high demand routes are already “5-to-10 times higher than the pre-COVID averages, and these will grow as the city reopens.”The HSR is also facing an $11.7 million revenue shortfall through the first half of 2020, a result of suspending the collection of fares during the pandemic, as customers were required to.