‘Facemasks on busy services is a misnomer, when buses carry just 14 people’ - operators
However both the NBRU and commercial bus owners have asked for clarity on what is “busy public transport”, given that if buses are obeying current social distancing measures they are not “busy”.
Now the operators of some of the State’s most recognised private bus companies have said they too have serious concerns about being left out of policy discussions on safety and operational issues, in preparation for large numbers of workers going back to their jobs.Commercial operators Wexford Bus; Swords Express, Cobh Connect and Matthews Coach Hire cater for about 100,000 passenger journeys per week between them.
Mr Crowley said the National Transport Authority was helpful in its guidance, but was not in a position to provide an economic subsidy or set Government guidance on social distancing.
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