MOBILITY REDEFINED WITH LOCKDOWNS EASING AND SERVICE LEVELS RETURNING, THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY ISN'T AS CONCERNED WITH REBOUNDING AS MUCH AS IT IS WITH RESHAPING. By Mischa Wanek-Libman, executive editor HE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS WELL UNDERSTOOD AMONG North American transit providers. Use has plummeted; revenues have been devastated; and this is all compounded by the fact that in the era of social distancing, the core of what transit does best - move crowds - is ineffectual. "This is the largest fundamental shock to civilization that I think any of us have experienced in our lifetimes," said Jarrett Walker, international consultant in transit planning. "I don't think there has been a shock on this scale since World War II." ID 134285678 © Norbert Buchholz | Dreamstime.comhttp://www.MassTransitmag.com http://www.Dreamstime.com