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Those who have to make a vital journey will have to deal with a longer travel time and with the uncertainty whether there is room on the bus. Travelers should stay away, is the starting point. So you would think that everything is done within public transport to keep transporting travelers, even in corona times. Just as shops are now doing everything to continue to serve customers. 

“My own home supermarket had already hung plexiglass at the checkout within 24 hours of the announcement of the corona measures. Special elderly hours, delivery services and pick-up services: entrepreneurs do everything they can to keep their regular customers in, ”says Freek Bos director of Rover.

How different is it in public transport. Only half of the Intercity's and buses run. In a opinion piece the Rover director clearly states that a other way must be taken.

time for a different mentality

According to Freek Bos, director of Rover, it is time for a different mentality nwe will start slowly from the lockdown. Time to do everything possible to make traveling possible for as many people as possible. Time to think in solutions. Run all equipment that is there and adjust it to the conditions. 

“Coaches that are now stationary due to a lack of orders can be used to further increase the capacity of public transport. Make agreements with employers and educational institutions to reduce the number of rush-hour trips. Develop a plan to double the use of the bicycle. Accept that these measures will cost governments and transport companies money and provide them with the means to do so. Do not put the section of the population that relies on public transport out of the game. Public transport is there for every traveler, ”says Bos.

travel shame

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The traveler will wonder whether he or she is still welcome in public transport. There even seems to be a real “travel shame”, witness reports Rover gets from travelers who wonder whether they are still important enough to be able to take up a place in public transport.

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