A new report by DePaul University predicts 4% growth in intercity bus ridership by 2025, surpassing expected growth in auto and air travel. The report highlights a recovery from pandemic lows, although the return of passengers has been uneven. Joseph Schwieterman, the report's lead author, notes that long-haul bus travel is gaining traction, especially in the Sun Belt, where immigrant communities are increasingly choosing bus travel. States are increasingly supporting this mode to capture new riders as challenges in aviation and rail persist.
The industry is still making up for lost time, and it's been a rough road winning riders back, because they're creatures of habit; they had to reacquaint themselves with bus travel.
Schwieterman explained that bus travel is exploding across the Sun Belt between Florida and Southern California, where frequency has increased and ridership has surged - particularly among immigrant communities.
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