Post Covid Travel
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 3:02 pm
With reports for various parts of the UK that the rush hour traffic has increased over the last week or two and is now somewhere around 30% of the normal volumes It got me thinking what is going to happen once "Normal working" resumes? Who will be happy to use Public transport.
Manchester city council today announce that Deansgate (the A34 running along the south west of the City centre) is going to be Temporarily(?) pedestrianised to allow the shopping public more room to social distance Not sure how that will work if the shops are restricted to having a 2 meter separation how many people will there be allowed to shop. The city is not private vehicle friendly anyway so how will they get there.
The Trafford shopping centre will I'm sure be very happy with this announcement.
Will Covid 19 be the final nail in the coffin of our city centre shopping and leisure
Worse still central London, as someone who would normally be a monthly commuter on the Waterloo to Bank Line tube ( the drain) where people are packed into the carriages tighter than sardines in a can of sardines. Will people really be happy to share this space?
It was reported that on a London Double Decker bus to maintain the 2 meter distance the capacity would be 15 people. These things are just not practical.
On the news at lunch time it was admitted that social distancing on plane would be ineffectual as the air is constantly recirculated.
The future is going to be interesting
Manchester city council today announce that Deansgate (the A34 running along the south west of the City centre) is going to be Temporarily(?) pedestrianised to allow the shopping public more room to social distance Not sure how that will work if the shops are restricted to having a 2 meter separation how many people will there be allowed to shop. The city is not private vehicle friendly anyway so how will they get there.
The Trafford shopping centre will I'm sure be very happy with this announcement.
Will Covid 19 be the final nail in the coffin of our city centre shopping and leisure
Worse still central London, as someone who would normally be a monthly commuter on the Waterloo to Bank Line tube ( the drain) where people are packed into the carriages tighter than sardines in a can of sardines. Will people really be happy to share this space?
It was reported that on a London Double Decker bus to maintain the 2 meter distance the capacity would be 15 people. These things are just not practical.
On the news at lunch time it was admitted that social distancing on plane would be ineffectual as the air is constantly recirculated.
The future is going to be interesting