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The Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (Mitma) has published an interactive map to locate the more than 800 industrial vehicle and bus repair and maintenance workshops that are providing emergency service during the state of alarm. The document has been prepared together to the employers of the workshop sector, Cetraa and Conepa .

Since the beginning of the crisis, most of these establishments have been forced to close due to the drop in traffic and the restriction of activities. They lived a time of indefiniteness until the Government determined its essential character. As long as it is to serve vehicles such as trucks, keys to guarantee the supply chain; or those related to other essential services.

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The objective of this mapping is that merchandise professionals and travelers who require it can have access to the workshop closest to their location. Likewise, the BOE collected 371 hotel lodgings distributed by all the CCAA so that the truckers could eat or clean up after many denounced that some service areas were making their work difficult. In addition, the Social Drive 'app' has released a specific version for carriers in which points of interest are collected. They did so after their users began to upload ads for establishments that offered help to this group.

Open workshops for emergencies also cater, for example, for agricultural or emergency vehicles, two types used in essential activities. The Mitma map is constantly updated, so the industrial vehicle workshops that want to appear on the map, can contact the association of their province.

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The transporters' union is undergoing constant changes these days. The DGT has just clarified that in vans with a single row of seats, two people can travel. The same is true for trucks. Only in the displacements allowed and for work reasons. Similarly, organizations that bring together these professionals have developed guidelines for the correct use of the mask, gloves and other hygiene measures.

Until next Monday, April 27, Transport has arranged 2.2 million masks for 162,000 autonomous transporters and public service companies for goods . They can be picked up at the Post Offices. Each trucker should consult the postal service website which one corresponds to him. It should be remembered that the opening hours have been reduced to only in the morning of these branches.

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