Article from BTNews 6 APRIL 2020
Road industry comes to help
Passenger Transport and Gett, the international Israel-based road transport IT platform, has written an open letter to government leaders, including Boris Johnson, Sadiq Khan and Grant Shapps, to pledge their collective support in helping London’s key frontline workers to travel safely to and from work amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic.
The group has already received commitments from operators across the transport industry, and can call upon as many as 25,000 shared vehicles across London and the South East, safely transporting as many as 100,000 key frontline staff, such as NHS workers, concurrently.
While the scheme is initially focused on London and the South East, there are plans to expand to other major cities such as Manchester and Birmingham, if government support and business uptake are forthcoming.
Mathew Hassell, founder and CEO of Transport2, said: “In these uncertain times, it has never been more important for us all to join forces and work together to keep the nation moving.
“The UK coach, minibus and taxi industries have thousands of vehicles ready to go now, that can accommodate groups of passengers comfortably while maintaining safe social distancing measures, and we are ready and waiting to help. From school buses to leisure coaches to luxury corporate transport shuttles, the sheer range of vehicles we can collectively bring to bear means that we can be flexible enough to transport whoever needs it, when they need it.”
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