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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.
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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.
Saturday, 30 May 2020
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- '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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