It started as a global public health emergency, but the spillover effects of the COVID-19 pandemic spread well beyond human immune systems to a host of economic sectors, including the infrastructure of supply chains. In particular, the transport sector faced unfamiliar challenges. First there was a lack of demand. Then came a labor shortage. Even now in 2025, we continue to see various modes of transportation working to achieve normalization.

The rate of recovery has been varied, to say the least. Where air travel rebounded surprisingly quickly, particularly in terms of leisure travel, “typical” commuting patterns may never revert to the way they were. In many areas, work-from-home patterns are here to stay, meaning the hour-long commute from the suburbs to a nine-to-five in the city center is no longer the norm.

“It has been fascinating, from both a personal and professional perspective, to see the evolution of the transport sector since the pandemic,” relates