One place you'll have to guard against contracting COVID-19 is on public transportation which means water taxis, buses, and dollar vans.
As we've reported the fares on those dollar vans have gone up 100% - and operators say it's because the price of everything else has gone up.
And while that's their story, it's burning a hole in the pockets of anyone who depends on them to get around. But if you rode one this morning you might have gotten the welcome information that you're not required to pay anymore than one dollar. Our team was on the street this morning:
Pollard says that the checkpoints will also regulate the number of passengers that any one van can carry. He says drivers tend to stack their vans with up to 8 passengers even though social distancing measures would dictate that they carry no more than 5. The drivers say that they would like to comply but that the council's insistence on a one-dollar rate will force them to carry more passengers.
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