👉The New Normal: Public Transport 🚌🚎🚈🚋 in a #COVID19 world. Collecting guidelines, case studies, campaigns – an incomplete thread, feel free to join the debate. Thread ⬇️.
1/x: SLOCAT, @TUMInitiative @giztransportCN: COVID-19 and Sustainable Mobility - Early Observations and Documentation
transformative-mobility.org/publications/c…
2/x: @UITPnews features a COVID-related site (with factsheets, statements, open letters,…): uitp.org/public-transpo…
3/x: @UITPnews: Knowledge Brief on resuming PT services post-lockdown: indd.adobe.com/view/e9104036-…
4/x: @giztransportIN: Standard Operating Procedures SOPs for Bus Transport Post Covid19 Lockdown transformative-mobility.org/publications/s…
5/x: @itdpindia: Post-Covid lockdown guidelines for bus operations: itdp.in/post-covid-loc…
6/x: Infection risks in public transport are discussed in this separate thread:
7/x: @MTA: New feature helps empower riders to help minimize crowding and promote social distancing through real-time information: masstransitmag.com/technology/mis…
8/x: Read the full @MTA Action Plan for a Safe Return here: new.mta.info/coronavirus/re…
9/x: To keep riders informed during the COVID-19 outbreak, @MBTA is piloting new real-time information on crowding: mbta.com/projects/crowd…
10/x: @WRIIndia: Back to Business: Enabling Public Bus Systems Post-COVID-19
11/x: Bus stop newest front in South Korea's coronavirus battle:
12/x: The future of busses? cstictv.com/primer-bus-con…
13/x: #shenzhenbus: Facing Up to the New Normal - Resumption of Economic and Social Activities: en.szbus.com.cn/news/43.html @JoeMa_SZBus
14/x: Campaigns (1): via @KeralaMvd in collaboration with @giztransportIN
15/x: Campaigns (2): via @VDV_Verband @DEmobil2030 #BesserWeiter
16/x: Campaigns (3): via @UITPnews #BetterMobility
17-1/x: Pop-up bus stop solution in Edinburgh via @justacwab
17-2/x: If you (as public transport geek) are interested in thosw new pop-up bike lanes (which are occassionally interfering with PT), follow this thread:
18-1/x: @rta_dubai has held a remote video workshop for school bus operators in #Dubai:
18-2/x: Precautionary measures as advised by @rta_dubai:
rta.ae/wps/portal/rta…
19/x: Ontario: As a condition of the COVID-19 bailout, Ontario asks TTC and others to consider private ‘microtransit’ in place of lightly used bus routes - (microtransit - a new euphemism?)
fr24news.com/a/2020/08/as-a…
20/x: COVID-19 mask bus strike 'came out of left field': @AndrewConstance via @smh : smh.com.au/national/nsw/c…
21/x: This Super-futuristic Driverless Tram Design From Hong Kong May Be Perfect for Post-COVID-19 Transport...
22/x: via @MoreOllie @The_TUC: Walking and cycling schemes can help with a green jobs recovery
23-1/x: @TfL urges children to walk, cycle and scoot to school to relieve public transport tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media…
23-2/x: More information on @TfL plans here: tfl.gov.uk/info-for/schoo…
24/x: via @CTV : 'We're sitting ducks': School bus drivers uneasy about returning to work amid COVID-19 ctvnews.ca/health/coronav…
25/x: via @MyTransitSydney @guardian
Bus strike scheduled for Sydney cancelled after government agrees to review Covid mask advice
26/x: Eating aboard public transport in Madrid not allowed anymore to avoid touching of masks via @angelgarridog
27/x: Insights from Chicago v is @PaceSuburbanBus
28/x:
✅Staggering of start and finish times at schools
✅Walking and cycling
✅More buses and dedicated school services
👉Measures aimed to relieve public transport in London 🇬🇧 during #COVID19. More about @TfL plans for a safe return to classrooms: tfl.gov.uk/reopeningeduca…
29/x: @ADLbus outlines COVID-19 protection measures across its new and existing coach and bus products route-one.net/news/adl-outli… via @routeoneteam
30/x: @SciTechDaily1 @NorthwesternU : Futurebus: Contactless Bus Designed for the COVID-19 Pandemic Age : scitechdaily.com/futurebus-cont…
31/x: via @CCRECEMR: Here's the case of Valencia’s public transport company that has launched a mobile ticketing app to enable cashless & contactless bus travel.
32/x: @MTA facing dire financial situation:
33/x: LA metro recovery plan via @TransitCenter
34/x: Mobility for the Masses: The essential role of informal transport in the COVID-19 recovery via @LSECities
35/x: Qatar public transport resumes at 30% capacity as of Tues. Sept. 1 as Phase 4 of gradual lifting of COVID-19 curbs on public transit system begins.
36/x: Webinar about transit + COVID + BRT with @HorneJerome @JSulliv12 from @chtransit
37/x: Watch: The future of transportation in the era of COVID-19 axios.com/public-transpo…
37/x : Covid-19 lockdown: Bus drivers struggle to make ends meet via @YouTube
38/x: WATCH: FTA's third #COVID19 Recovery Listening Session focused on how transit agencies support the health & #safety of #transit workers during COVID-19 recovery efforts. Missed it? See the presentation & recording: bit.ly/3hkaozc.
39/x: Riding Together: Bay Area Healthy Transit Plan via @SFBART : healthytransitplan.com/__static/91fa9…
👉 healthytransitplan.com
40/x Update from Brussels focusing on start of school year
41/x: COVID-19 – EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TIPS AND PRACTICES FOR BUS TRANSIT SYSTEMS
ftson.org/wp-content/upl… #buspositive
42/x Pop-up bus priority measures announced in south east Scotland theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2020/09/pop-up…
43/x How much of an impact has COVID-19 had on public transport? How can we design mass transit services to make them better? @NewsfromTRL CEO Paul Campion shares his thoughts in his latest blog post #mobilizeminds #buspositive
44/x: Temporary floating bus stop on Euston Road
45/x: ‘We must protect buses from congestion post-lockdown’ route-one.net/news/nat-ex-bo…
46/x Re-Opening of bus shelters I Abu Dhabi with additional requirements:
47/x Without public transit, there will be no economic recovery, via @thehill @APTA_Transit
48/x The worst outcome : Denver RTD plans budget, staff reductions to face financial reality of COVID-19 via @MassTransitmag
49/x: APTA, Public Transportation Industry Unveil Nationwide “Health and Safety Commitments” Program
Over 100 public transit agencies have already signed on to the program @APTA_Transit
apta.com/news-publicati…
50/x: via @APTA_Transit Public Transit and COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Research and Best Practices
apta.com/wp-content/upl…
51/x: "Public Transit Is Dead, Long Live Public Transit: Rethinking Transit in the Post-COVID Future" :
52/x: DC COVID-19 Transit Tracker helps find safest time to ride public transportation
53/x: @CUTRIC_CRITUC Five-Point Plan to Build Back Better Transit that will make Canada’s public transit systems cleaner, more efficient, and more inclusive.
54/x: NJ Transit's mobile app now asks passengers to grade how crowded they think their trains or buses are as a way to reduce potential COVID-19 exposure @NJTRANSIT @State_Scoop
55/x: The City of Edmonton will be going digital to offer low-income transit passes in response to the limiting of in-person sales due to COVID-19 facility closure @edmontonjournal
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