Review commuter patterns

Nationally, pre-pandemic growth in public transport use over the last decade was in the 0.83%-2.55% a year range.44 However, lockdowns in 2020 substantially reduced demand across all modes of public transport.45

The occupations that can most readily work from home skew to those in office-based roles that are normally based in the CBD. These workers use public transport much more than other modes of transport to commute to work. In future, state and territory governments will need to adapt to people's changing commuting patterns.

Figure 1.4: Car use is high by global standards in Australia's largest cities

Source: Adapted from Transport for NSW (2018)46