COVID-19 is forcing public transport to flex

From the end of rush hour and season tickets to hailing a bus like a cab, coronavirus could change the way we move around cities for good.

Public transport systems are predominantly based on using large vehicles with fixed routes, schedules and fares but social distancing, home working and faltering passenger confidence are shifting the patterns these are built around.

Cities face the prospect of seeing the years of work they have put into coaxing citizens out of their cars and onto public transport rolled back in just a few months. Financial viability also hangs in the balance.

Six months into the COVID-19 crisis, mobility leaders on a recent Cities Today Institute digital roundtab...