School, transportation agreement reached: 80% bus capacity. Cts: no mask in class if there is a distance of one meter

ROME – Agreement found on local public transport guidelines at the Unified Conference: the agreement refers above all to the limit of vehicle overcrowding, set at a maximum capacity of 80% that can reach 100% for distances of less than 15 minutes. News that serve to increase the capacity of public transport in safe conditions, to promote the orderly resumption of school, economic and cultural activity in the country. With the organizational measures to contain the spread of Covid-19, the methods of informing users have also been established. Meanwhile, the Scientific Technical Committee has indicated to the government that masks in the classroom are not necessary if distance between students is ensured. However, this indication is still conditioned by the tendency of local infections.

“On board the public transport of local transport, regional rail transport and school buses for dedicated school transport – reads the note from the Ministry of Transport – is allowed, taking into account the scientific evidence on the assumption of average residence times of indicated passengers based on the available data, a filling coefficient of no more than 80%, which allows a greater reduction of standing places compared to seated ones ”.

What the guidelines provide

Said of the maximum capacity to 80%, in the vehicles you will obviously have to travel with the mask and maintaining the distance of one meter; the distance rule does not apply “when it comes to people living in the same housing unit, as well as between relatives and people who have stable interpersonal relationships”. In litigation, the cohabitants may provide guarantees by self-declaration.

In order to increase the filling rate of the means of transport, removable partitions can be installed between the seats. This is reported by MIT after the approval at the Unified Conference of the ‘Guidelines’ for public transport of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport with the organizational measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 and the methods of information to users. An agreement between Mit-Inail and Iit is underway to identify the appropriate material that allows the separation between one session and another, in order to allow an almost total filling rate of the vehicles. Transport companies can initiate autonomous forms of identification of suitable material to be submitted to the sanitary certification of

the dispenser on board

Special dispensers should be installed in the subway, buses and all local public transport vehicles, even gradually starting from the busiest vehicles, for the distribution of hydroalcoholic solutions for frequent hand cleaning. Service management companies must provide forms of communication, in all means of transport, on the correct use of Personal Protective Equipment. Finally, it is recommended to use the ‘Immune’ application in order to control the spread of the virus.

Giovanni Toti, President of the Liguria Region, expressed satisfaction: “Once again, common sense and the commitment of the Regions have made the country take a step towards a return to normalcy – Toti writes on Facebook -. reached an agreement with the Government that establishes the agglomeration limits of public transport with a view to reopening the school. Both trains and buses will travel at 80% of capacity, obviously with the obligation to carry a mask on board. This will ensure transportation for everyone. . Now the Government has promised to seek additional resources for local public transport, which is already suffering a lot during the months of shutdown ”.