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04 August 2020At school we will enter at 8.30 and 9.30. Differentiated entrances for offices and revision of train capacity, which is now 50%.

These are the guidelines for school and public transport in Lazio in September, approved by the regional government "in compliance with government directives on the containment of contagion from Covid".

Starting from September, the Lazio Region specifies, "measures will be applied to guarantee the safety of workers and users of local public transport".

The details
The guidelines provide for the optimization "of the timetable of the students' movements in collaboration with the Department of Regional Education and the Regional School Office with the identification of two entrance time slots (8.30 first band - 9.30 second band)" which will be distributed among elementary, middle and high schools. In addition, in order to coordinate and differentiate the schedules of organizations and companies and to use them coherently with the needs of the mobility of smart working, the Region "will set up discussions and coordination tables with the mobility managers of local and major authorities from the end of August Lazio companies ".

The extra-urban service
Through simulations, the Cotral SpA company will estimate the need for the "extra-urban service". For the 2020-2021 school year, funding of € 10 million will be needed which would guarantee coverage of approximately 5 million km more.

Trains Trains
for commuter lines such as Rome-Civita Castellana-Viterbo will be upgraded and replacement services will be provided on road ready to be used in cases of overcrowding. There will also be changes on the railway offer with a revision of the current capacity reduced to 50% and the new possible offer of additional seats both for sitting and standing.

Principals already at work
"We have received the guidelines of the Region that trace what has already been indicated by CTS and the ministry on the advisability of the staggered entry and exit times at school". So Mario Rusconi, president of the National Association of principals of Lazio. "The schools are already putting into practice the indications to be ready from September 1 when the recovery courses for middle and high schools will begin - adds Rusconi - the various schools will organize the timetables according to their needs. At the Pio IX institute, for example , elementary school will enter at 8, middle school at 8.30 and high school at 9. The staggered timetables - he concludes - will help to avoid gatherings both at school and at metro, bus and tram stops "