The Next Big Hurdle In Easing Lockdowns: Making Public Transit Safe
By Mike Corder, ANGELA CHARLTON and Chris Blake
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April 29, 2020 9:27 a.m.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In cities around the world, public transit systems are key to getting workers back on the job and restarting devastated economies, yet everything from trains and buses to ferries and bicycles will have to be re-imagined in the coronavirus era.
In Europe in particular, public transportation is shaping up as a new front line in the battle to tame the outbreak that has killed over 120,000 of its citizens.
In hard-hit Italy, Spain, France and Britain, standing cheek-to-jowl with fellow commuters in packed trains or trams was as much a part of the morning routine in pre-coronavirus times as a steaming shot of espresso or a crispy croissant.
That’s going to have to change as authorities try to restart their economies without losing their hard-won gains in controlling the spread of the virus.
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So in Europe a lot of kids travel by train or bus.............how is that going to work...........