There are two main areas to our work at present. As we ease from the current restrictions in how we work, socialise and access services, work is ongoing to provide a safe transport system to meet the needs of the country. While Government instructions are to stay at home, many people still have to travel. The medium- and long-term impacts are Maruxa Cardama, secretary general at the Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport, highlights what’s at stake in the recovery and rebuilding phase: “The biggest risk is that countries would need to reactivate their economies, they would need to generate economic movement, they would need to generate jobs. Travel during Covid-19 survey. These are difficult times for everybody, not least those keeping our transport networks running.
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Transport Focus spoke to over 2000 people about their current travel behaviour and attitudes to travel in future during the coronavirus outbreak. Covid-19 is issuing the world an unprecedented collective challenge.
Please Allow Javascript and reload this page.Colliers report examines supply of office space near Grand Central, Penn and Port Authority amid subway concernsFrom left: Port Authority Bus Terminal, Grand Central and Penn Station (Wikipedia, Pixabay, CDC)It arrives as New York City approaches Phase 2 of its reopening in the wake of the coronavirus shutdowns, with the The Colliers report notes that suburban commuters to NYC are older on average, and therefore likely to include a larger share of “decision makers and C-suite executives.”Of the total 526 million square feet in Manhattan’s office market, the report found that about 190 million — or 36 percent — was within a 10-minute walk of Grand Central, Penn and Port Authority.About 52 percent of Midtown office space is within that 10-minute walk — with Grand Central alone accounting for 42 percent. It is essential that workers are protected and supported to take the measures necessary to help control the spread of the virus.
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The Covid-19 pandemic is unprecedented: it is reshaping the world economy in a way that has never been seen before.
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