From May 11, the government has planned to reopen transport, asking carriers to enforce social distancing rules, in the trains and on the platforms. But in a letter to the Prime Minister published by Le Point , the leaders of the main public transport companies indicate that they are not ready and are asking for government help.
"After several days of work and consultation with all the stakeholders, it appears that the carriers do not have, today, the human means and materials likely to meet such an obligation", write the signatories, including Jean-Pierre Farandou (SNCF), Catherine Guillouard (RATP), Patrick Jeantet (Keolis) and Edouard Hénaut (Transdev).
Law enforcement to manage flows
They consider that, in order to comply with these measures, the transport capacity should be reduced to 10 or 20%, and warn that the situation could become explosive: "In the event of a large crowd", the "risks of stopping service Are "likely to cause unrest" and "social tensions on the part of the staff", such as withdrawal rights or court orders.
To cope with the recovery, the leaders are asking for "the mobilization of the police, national and municipal", a "necessary condition for the regulation of these flows", they say. In the absence of measures taken to help them, these companies brandish the threat of a "stop of public transport yet essential to the end of confinement and the resumption of economic activity", wanted by the government.
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