Subway service will halt from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. so trains can be disinfected.

[brooklynite]

Source: New York Times

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Thursday that the New York City subway would halt service from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. each night starting Weds., May 7, so that all trains could be disinfected.

The policy will interrupt service on one of the few subways in the world that runs around the clock. It is believed to be the first time that New York City’s subway has had a regularly scheduled, systemwide halt in the 52 years since the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which oversees it, was created.

“This is as ambitious as anything we’ve ever undertaken,” Mr. Cuomo said at his daily briefing.

The announcement followed days of tension between state and city leaders over homeless people using subway trains as a form of shelter during the coronavirus pandemic, creating what many people felt were unsanitary conditions. Mr. Cuomo called the situation “disgusting” earlier in the week.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-update.html

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The subway has never NOT run in the overnight hours. Despite the reductions in ridership, New York is still a 24-hour city.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Saw some disinfecting in a major retailer this week

5 gallon bucket, green solution, on a cart, lots of towels, and also some type of steam cleaner. Workers were ... wearing a mask. Wasn't very inspiring in my mind.

[hlthe2b]

2. Thre will be a tremendous market going forward on engineered continuous solutions as have been

developed but poorly utilized for hospitals and laboratories to provide air and surface disinfection. The more progressive Asian countries are way ahead of us on this. UV light--including room irradiating ceiling mounted units and portable hand-directed units would be but one such solution.