The PUTSPACE team asked the same questions in a survey about the ways in which the ongoing COVID-19 crisis affected experiences, uses, and behaviours on public transport in cities in Belgium, Estonia, Germany and Sweden. The survey shows that the pandemic increased social inequalities. Inhabitants with high incomes and high educational levels could afford to reduce their use of public transport, or to avoid it entirely. Poorer people remained dependent on public transport, no matter how dangerous physical contact with other passengers were. The pandemic also evoked different emotions. Crowded platforms and trains were linked to fears of contracting the virus. On the other hand, emptied platforms seemed to be safer but more eerie – as if public transport became somewhat less public.