Hybrid working has caused weekday traffic to remain stubbornly below the 2019 level, according to Springboard's Diane Wehrle, Marketing & Insights Director, in her Downtown Pedestrian Traffic – September 2022 Report.

Wehrle went as far as to say a "new normal" has settled in.

"Given the weight of working days versus weekend days (five versus two), it seems unrealistic to hold out for a return of traffic to pre-Covid levels," according to Wehrle in the report.

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