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| Starting today, urban buses and trams increase their occupancy to 50% and Civil Protection volunteers and drivers distribute more than 24,000 face masks to users | The City Council, through the Department of Sustainable Mobility and Youth and the Department of Citizen Security and Economic Management, has developed a special and specific device to guarantee safety in public transportTo the exhaustive cleaning and disinfection that has been developing in recent weeks in vehicles, the distribution to the users of public transport in the municipality of more than 24,000 masks has been added since their use is mandatory as of today.The Councilor for Sustainable Mobility and Youth, Rebeca Pérez, and the Councilor for Citizen Security and Economic Management, Eduardo Martínez-Oliva, visited the Carmen station this morning to verify that this operation is proceeding normally.Councilor Rebeca Pérez explained that "we have established, in record time, an extraordinary and exceptional device for the distribution of masks on public transport, seeking to protect and guarantee the health and safety of Murcians who can have full confidence that our Urban transport is 100% safe and you can use it with full guarantees.

Our buses and trams are a safe and reliable means of mobility.

"For this, two mask distribution areas have been established at the train station and at the bus station, which are being carried out by Civil Protection volunteers.

They are joined by urban and intercity bus drivers and tram inspectors who deliver them to all users who need it.Safety distanceBoth in urban buses and in trams, occupancy has increased since today, going from 30% before to 50% today, although passengers must always keep the safety distance and the row after the seat occupied by the driver will always remain empty.Likewise, the entrance to the buses has to be done through the rear doors to avoid contact with the driver and to avoid queues and the first rows of buses and the intercalated seats have been blocked to maintain the safety distance.Both in urban buses and in the tram, a hydrogel dispenser module has been installed inside the mobile units.On the other hand, polycarbonate partitions are being placed in the driver's cabins of Transportes de Murcia buses, not being necessary in the tram since their driver travels in a single-person cabin.The use of masks and gloves for driver personnel is mandatory and interior signage has been placed with the obligations and health recommendations for users. 

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia