Hear how Lars Backström, CEO of Västtrafik, comments on the loss in the clip above.

Of the 4,000 respondents, fewer and fewer, 43 per cent, believe that it is “modern” to travel by public transport, compared with 59 per cent last year.

A change that partly worries Västtrafik's CEO Lars Backström.

- Is this something that will last, will continued distancing be important even when the pandemic is over?

We do not know now how to adapt to it.

This is the third year in a row that Västtrafik has asked the western Swedes how they view their travel today and in the future.

Further gloomy predictions show that more people believe in increased travel with their own car.

Listen to Lars Backström in the clip above.