20 Mar 2020 --- The EU is one step closer to expediting essential freight and transport workers through “green lanes,” following the support from EU Transport ministers this week. Green lanes would give priority to the transport of essential goods such as food as well as medical and protective equipment, as suggested by MEPs and the European Commission. The call for the special routes among other proposed guidelines comes following several Member States’ implementation of national measures to close borders to slow the spread of COVID-19.