DTC ridership thrown under the bus as Metro, taxis see surge

The steady fall in number of buses and daily ridership coincides with the biggest political change Delhi saw in decades

The average daily rides on buses run by Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) declined by 33%, from 4.68 million a day in 2012-13 to 3.16 million a day in 2016-17, data released by the Delhi government show.

Over the same five-year period, the average daily Metro rides increased from 1.93 million to 2.76 million, causing a 10% decline in the use of mass public transit in the city from 6.6 million rides a day to 5.9 million. This figure does not include buses run by Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System, or the DIMTS. 

The steady fall in the number of buses