Improve-Measures

cargo-partner introduced two new weekly LCL direct connections between Duisburg and Hefei as well as between Linz and Xi’an. With a transit time of around 16 days, numerous customers make use of the rail transport solutions. This development is made in response to the capacity shortages in transport between Europe and China due to the impacts of the novel coronavirus pandemic. cargo-partner is offering a range of additional options.

Due to the corona pandemic, many mobility companies are offering healthcare workers reduced or free use of their services. Now Uber Jump's e-bikes and Tier's e-scooters are also free.

Even in the wake of the Corona pandemic, Hamburg is ensuring that bus and rail services are available throughout the city. In order to make it easier for passengers to keep a sufficient distance, the transport companies will monitor the load factor of the journeys and adjust the scheduled services to the current passenger volume. The following measures will be implemented on 1 April 2020.

Cities and transit agencies are taking action now to address the most critical impacts of the coronavirus and ensure that essential services operate in their communities. To help city and agency staff plan responses to the pandemic, NACTO is regularly updating a summary of rapidly-deployed responses.

As the Covid-19 pandemic unfolds, local authorities are stepping forward into the frontlines. This crisis is being tackled in our hospitals, but also in our streets and plazas, on our buses, trains and subways.

Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) says it may reduce the number of passengers who board its commercial buses. The number of passengers per seat will be reduced to avoid crowding in the trotros.

Health Service Staff, social care workers and health service volunteers get free parking at sites and local authority bays.

The ridesharing provider Clever Shuttle wants to support employees in the health care, police and fire departments during the Corona crisis: They can receive a 50 euro bonus. The white-green vehicles will continue to operate.

Black cab drivers to offer reduced rates to NHS workers through the "FREE NOW" app during Covid-19 outbreak.

Taxi drivers will give free rides to health care providers who travel from hospital or make home visits.

All regions will step up sanitary and disinfection measures in the public transport, at bus stops, on the streets and in public use areas.

Restaurants build up drive-in-facilities and take away services for their meals to maintain their businesses in times of restaurant close downs for the public in Germany.

The taxi services Bolt and Uber will transfer the medical staff to work for free following a statement of Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko.

Several transit agencies have chosen a novel and counterintuitive strategy to weather the current crisis: Let passengers ride for free. On March 16, for example, agencies in Akron, Canton, Toledo, and Youngstown all announced that they are terminating fare collection until the virus recedes.

PT TransJakarta will only implement non-cash payment system at all TransJakarta stops to prevent transmission of the Corona Virus. The Head of the Corporate and Public Relations Division of PT TransJakarta, Nadia Diposanjoyo, stated that top up stations were available at all BRT shelters. "Starting Thursday, March 19, 2020, all forms of transactions using cash in top-up activities or top up for electronic money and starter card purchases will be unavailable," she said.

New York City’s ban of electric bicycles has been shelved to help support food delivery during the coronavirus crisis.

Despite the growing popularity of electric bicycles, they have been outlawed in New York City.

The issue has largely been centered around throttle e-bikes, which use a hand throttle similar to a motorbike and don’t require the user to pedal to engage the electric motor.

These types of electric bicycles were the go-to method of transportation for NYC’s approximately 40,000 food delivery workers, according to the New York Post.

Government endorses decision to ban passenger conveyance and limits mass events to 10 participants. Following the order of the President of Ukraine and the decision of the State Commission on Technological and Environmental Safety and Emergencies, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to restrict passenger traffic in the territory of Ukraine in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection. The Resolution imposes a ban on rail, air as well as bus intercity and interregional passenger transport services, as well as the operation of subways. Apart from that, from March 17 till April 3 transportation of passengers by subway is suspended in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipro.

Nextbike offers rental bikes in Berlin for free. If you have to get from A to B in Berlin, you will get a free alternative to buses and subways from Tuesday: Due to the spread of the corona virus, the state-sponsored Nextbike rental bike system offers free rides of up to 30 minutes for a month.

1000 Staff members clean and sterilize Dubai‘s public transport daily. All Cabins of Dubai Metro are disinfected after the completion of every journey to secure the safety of the 1.5 million daily passengers.

A public transport company in Shanghai has deployed ultraviolet (UV) light units to disinfect public buses using less time and manpower. Officials from China’s National Health Commission point out that the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 is sensitive to ultraviolet light and heat. The World Health Organisation, however, cautions the general public about the use of UV lamps for directly sterilising hands or other areas of skin.

In Bangkok, Thailand People are sprayed with disinfectant before using public transport.

Ticket sales stopped by drivers, front door of buses no longer opens to protect drivers.

To prevent the risk of #Coronavirus outbreak, passengers at the Kigali Bus Park have to wash their hands before getting onto buses. #Rwanda has recorded NO case of the epidemic but the country has stepped up vigilance.

A strategic working group for epidemic prevention and control has been put in place. The have established an executing preventive measures, procuring medical equipment and sanitation materials, free transfer service for blood donours, etc.

Streetfilms went to the foot of the Queensborough Bridge to ask bicycling commuters if they are using their bikes more due to the novel Coronavirus or if they see the benefits in doing such on a daily basis. The day prior both the Mayor and Governor issued updated guidelines for residents asking them to try to avoid crowded subway cars or work from home and to consider biking or walking to work. As you can see from the reactions, there were a lot of opinions in favor of using 2-wheels not only during the current crisis, but every day!

The government is slowly beginning to lift restrictions, but it is continuing to implement many quite inventive procedures. Elevators in a Beijing building only allow four people at a time.

Kochi Metro Rail today carried out special sanitation and disinfection drive across all its stations and metro premises to keep Corona from Spreading.

Beijing plans to experiment with a “subway by appointment” system to prevent crowding amid the coronavirus outbreak, according to a report. Commuters can now use any of five apps to make appointments to enter two of the Chinese capital’s busiest subway stations during rush hours, CNN reported. They will then be given a QR code on their phones that will be valid for a half-hour window, the report said. The appointment process is meant to better stagger ridership.

Seoul Metro has reassured subway passengers that its trains are COVID-19 free. The subway operator has been disinfecting trains used by confirmed coronavirus patients. It added that stations have also been wiped down. Busses set up box with free masks & hand sanitizers, subways are disinfected more regularly.

Some cities in China are requiring commuters to register their identities when using public transport to track the possible spread of the virus. Real-name registration was previously used for transport between cities. Commuters in the southern city of Shenzhen and east China’s Ningbo are required to log their identities by scanning a QR code.