THREAD: How will #COVID19 change the way we travel?

(1/7) Wanting to travel in Europe this summer? Here’s @GavinLeeBBC’s advice on what you’ll need to think about https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08d8x7s">https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/pl...

(2/7) https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔️" title="Heavy check mark" aria-label="Emoji: Heavy check mark">‘Disinfection tunnels’ at airports
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔️" title="Heavy check mark" aria-label="Emoji: Heavy check mark">Masks and gloves for all passengers
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔️" title="Heavy check mark" aria-label="Emoji: Heavy check mark">‘Sanitagged’ luggage
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔️" title="Heavy check mark" aria-label="Emoji: Heavy check mark">Inflight janitors on long haul flights

This is how the airport experience could change when we fly again https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08d95x2">https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/pl...

(3/7) “A lot of airlines won’t exist by the end of this year.”

How the financial outlook for the air industry is looking very uncertain https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08d8yc8">https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/pl...

(4/7) Is the #coronavirus pandemic an opportunity for us to rethink our travel habits for the good of the environment? That’s what sustainability scientist @KA_Nicholas thinks https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08d8zv4">https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/pl...

(5/7) Air travel might not be the only thing which becomes trickier post lockdown. Many cities around the world are being quickly redesigned to prioritise walking and cycling over fossil-fuel powered cars https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200429-are-we-witnessing-the-death-of-the-car">https://www.bbc.com/future/ar...

(6/7) Urban reform campaigner @Penalosa_G calls lockdown “the opportunity of a lifetime” for the creation of bike lanes in cities https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚲" title="Bicycle" aria-label="Emoji: Bicycle">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚴" title="Person biking" aria-label="Emoji: Person biking">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚴‍♀️" title="Woman biking" aria-label="Emoji: Woman biking">

(7/7) “We’re stuck, and it’s 3,500 miles to get home”

If you do decide to travel internationally - just make sure you can get home again. This British couple have been marooned on a campsite in Turkey for eight weeks https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08d92d4">https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/pl...