There were 2.5 MILLION road trips in Greater Manchester on Monday, despite the coronavirus lockdown - the mayor is worried
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe mayor of Greater Manchester has urged the public to abide by coronavirus lockdown rules following after a surge in people travelling on the roads this week.
Transport bosses revealed there were around 2.5 million trips on the region's road network on Monday - an increase of 6 per cent on the previous week.
And the figure is 22pc higher compared with four weeks ago. Mayor Andy Burnham said there has also been reports of increasing numbers of people using public transport for non-essential reasons. "We’ve noticed a definite increase of around 6pc on traffic on the roads in Greater Manchester over the last week," Mr Burnham said. "We’ve also heard reports of people travelling on bus, rail and Metrolink who don’t seem to be making
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