(21 Oct 2020, 8:53 am)James101 wrote Interesting, where I am the local authority are running a campaign 'Because you care, please don't car share'. Whilst not explicitly pro-public transport, it's encouraging people onto buses by detracting them away from car sharing. On the odd occasion I've been without my car since COVID, I've opted for the bus over a taxi as I feel buses are more COVID secure in that I can generally have a contact free journey - doors are opened for me, payment is contactless and I'm able to sit without touching any grab points. In a taxi I'd have to use the internal & external door handles & seatbelt, many taxis still only accept cash and I cannot properly distance from the driver.
Although on buses, you're still in a lottery of whether or not you can properly socially distance from other passengers. If there's very few passengers, then clearly this is not a problem, but I've seen buses running with every row taken. This is less than 1m from person to person, but allowed in the guidelines because social distancing is merely an aspiration for public transport - until they stop using phrases like 'where possible'