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Despite alarms from the government, the Swedish Public Health Agency and local authorities about the increasingly rapid progress of coronary heart disease in society, there is still congestion on public transport.
About 12 percent of all departures experience congestion, not infrequently caused by traffic disruptions, according to Greater Stockholm Local Transport (SL).
Hard to limit the number
According to Claes Keisu, SL press communicator, the opportunities to reduce congestion on platforms, buses and trains are limited.
– What we can do is generate as much traffic as we can. We do what we can. In bus traffic, we can close doors, signal and pass the stops. At the same time, we have to stop and drop off travelers, and then many take the opportunity to climb. In other traffic, it is difficult if we had to regulate how many people can ride a subway, for example, he says.
– If we are going to count the number of people who can step on each time, we will have queues and congestion on the platform. It’s better if we can have a smooth traffic flow.
Coercion is not possible
The opportunities for SL to expel people with legal coercive measures due to the risk of spreading the infection are in principle equal to zero, according to Claes Keisu.
– What we can do is ask the travelers themselves to take their share of responsibility, not to help create congestion themselves, he says.
One way is to choose your spot on the bus or train carefully.
– On the subway, people also tend to want to ride in the front or back of trains, while there is relatively a lot of space in between. The same applies to bus traffic, says Claes Keisu.
