The Greek government is mulling the staggering of working hours in order to prevent rush-hour crowds on public transport, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis revealed on Sunday, speaking on SKAI television, ANA reports.
He added that the idea, which calls for a spread of employee arrivals over three separate stages instead of one big wave squeezed in between 7:30 and 8:30, has been put to the prime minister for consideration.
On the financial side, given the sharp fall in passengers, the minister said that the transport companies will give credit to people for unused travel cards, as well as an additional 10 pct discount for those buying one-year travel cards. He pointed out that passenger traffic had dropped by 85-90 pct in the last two months, creating a difficult situation, in contrast to January and February, where revenues had risen by 5-10 pct.
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