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Surge in over-70s' bus travel despite told to avoid public transport

The number of over 70s travelling by bus in Scotland has increased by nearly 4,000 a day since lockdown started despite being urged to avoid public transport.

Weight sensors keep trains at ‘safe’ capacity [subscription]

Trains will feature weight sensors to prevent overloading and maintain social distancing as operators prepare to reintroduce full timetables in July.

Full details of Government's £1.6 billion TfL bailout revealed

Full details of the Government's £1.6 billion bailout for Transport for London were published today as a row raged about the temporary withdrawal of free travel for schoolchildren and during the morning peak for over-60s.

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  • SpaceX's Starship rocket prototype explodes during test394ft rocket designed to carry humans and cargo to moon and Mars. No immediate indication of injuries after explosion in Texas. A prototype of SpaceX's upcoming heavy-lift rocket, Starship, exploded on Friday during ground tests in south Texas as Elon Musk's space company pursued an aggressive development schedule to fly the launch vehicle for the first time.
  • 'Hero bikes': how free bicycles are transforming the lives of Scotland's key workersThe Bike Station, a Scottish bicycle recycling charity, is offering free bikes to NHS staff and other key workers during the coronanvirus crisis. A chance to clear the head after a stressful day; a safe and speedy means of travel in these anxious times; the opportunity to explore a longer-term lifestyle change: bicycles mean many different things to the frontline workers in Edinburgh and Perth who have taken delivery of hundreds of so-called hero bikes.

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  • Tory MPs urge shortening of two-metre ruleSenior Conservative MPs are reportedly urging Boris Johnson to change the two metre social distancing rule to one-and-a-half metres to prevent large-scale redundancies.

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  • London's buses to return to front-door boardingLondon’s buses are to begin returning to front-door boarding, with customers required to touch in with Oyster, contactless and concessionary cards, Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed. The move follows extensive work by a multidisciplinary team from UCL’s Centre for Transport Studies and Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering to assess the risks for drivers in their cabs and close work with bus operators and the UNITE union to develop improvements to the screens beside bus drivers. The UCL analysis finds that the steps that TfL has taken – by add...

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