Public bus ridership hits record high despite capacity strains (Macau)
Public bus ridership hits record high despite capacity strains (Macau)
Public bus ridership hits record high despite capacity strains
The public bus system is experiencing unprecedented demand, with the average daily ridership reaching 626,700 passengers in the first half of 2025 – the highest figure recorded since at least 2011, ac...
It looks like Macau's public transit system is seeing incredible increases in ridership. A 71% increase over 2020 is huge and that's wonderful, but the busses are hitting physical limits on how many people they can carry.
The city's been building out a LRT system that opened last year. Hopefully that will take some of the strain, but given the bus limitations, they'll need to keep adding rail as fast as possible.
Macau LRT Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau_Light_Rapid_Transit