Crowding in public transport is a weak link in social distancing measures that are being rolled out island-wide in view of the coronavirus pandemic. People are expected to sit at least 1 metre apart in the office and in restaurants, but then they proceed to squeeze into packed trains on the journey home. One solution would be to increase the frequency of buses and trains. That will reduce crowding and increase social distance (better than simply not talking, which one of our ministers suggested), and it is something within the control of the government and the public transport operators.
