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Deconfinement: SNCF and RATP skeptical about respecting social distancing

5/4/2020, 9:02:39 PM


Transport operators have warned the government in a letter sent on April 30 to the Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe.

Respect for social distancing in public transport requested by the government during deconfinement is a mission impossible for transport operators (SNCF, RATP, Transdev, Keolis ...). They wrote it black and white in a letter sent on April 30 to the Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe. " It is impossible to respect barrier gestures, including physical distance, to respond to an obligation of result ", we read in this letter consulted by Le Figaro .

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In the following paragraph, they drive home the point: " Transport operators do not currently have the human and material resources likely to meet such an obligation ... " This warning is unprecedented: public companies (SNCF, RATP …) Don't usually lecture the government. This letter falls very badly for the executive: " It weakens the confidence of public opinion on the feasibility of social distancing in public transport ", slips

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