Irish Examiner View: Public transport under threat

The future of commuting

Bus Éireann driver Tim Donovan on board a bus with social distancing in place earlier in the pandemic, when passenger numbers 'fell off a cliff'. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

It remains to be seen how the Government will reconcile its call to avoid public transport with the need to bus children to school in a fortnight. 

Whatever measures are introduced to address the apparent contradiction, the underlying question remains the same – how can public transport ride out the pandemic?