Foot traffic in 20 metro areas in the United States and Canada is up but still below 2019 pre-pandemic levels, said Avison Young's The Vitality Index, a new real-time window into city life.

The initial report noted that hopes of the widespread return to work after Labor Day did not materialize and there is a fundamental shift with the nature of office work that has taken place.

From March 6, 2020, at the start of the pandemic, to September 6, 2021, foot traffic/people coming to work in their offices in the US declined the least in Boston (55.2%) and the most in Miami (88.8%)

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