EAU CLAIRE — State legislators Senator Jeff Smith and Representative Jodi Emerson visited the temporary transfer center on Monday to help show the importance of public transportation and offer the
Eau Claire Transit Use Still Well Below Pre-Pandemic Levels
Ridership dropped by 50 percent last year as stay-at-home orders and COVID-19 concerns kept many people off public transit. Even as the economy begins to reopen, ridership remains still down 45.5 percent.
May 07, 2021 • (TNS) Between the pre-pandemic start of 2020, government safer-at-home orders issued when the coronavirus arrived in the state and then people adjusting to life during the COVID-19 era, ridership on Eau Claire city buses ended up being down by 50 percent last year.
Eau Claire Transit reports numbers have rebounded somewhat for the start of this year, but are still 45.5 percent below the amount of riders seen before the pandemic.