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Originally Posted by boogerz
It does feel quieter than pre-2015, but people are still piling into downtown between Tuesdays to Thursdays, parkades are still filling up, and restaurants are still full.
It's just no longer the case where everyone gets on the C-train between 7:30-8:45 to get to work or between 3:45-5 to head home; start and end times are a lot more staggered these days. For example, people at my work will often leave earlier than normal when they're in the office (e.g. lunch or 2-3pm) to beat rush hour and then continue working from home for the rest of the day. It also feels like more people are cutting back on coffee breaks, bringing lunch from home, or getting lunch/snacks at off-peak hours to avoid the lunch rush.
Presumably, downtown C-train ridership has been stable or maybe a little less than pre-Covid and all growth is from off-peak and non-downtown ridership.
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Many people have also given up on the trains because of safety and have decided to drive and pay for parking instead. The situation two years ago or so really turned a lot of the aging boomers away from taking the train to the core.