Average daily ridership of buses in Bengaluru, India FY 2012-2021
In financial year 2021, less than one million passengers rode buses in Bengaluru daily, a drastic decrease from around 3.3 million passengers the previous year. It was mainly due to the impact of coronavirus pandemic. In financial year 2015, the daily ridership of buses in the city reached the peak around 5.3 million passengers. Bengaluru metro started its operation in 2011, and a second line was added to the network in 2014. Several new lines were under construction, which would further decease the ridership of city buses.
