{"id":209224,"date":"2021-03-24T00:34:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T21:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mta-will-continue-300m-a-year-subway-cleaning-after-covid\/"},"modified":"2021-03-24T00:34:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T21:34:13","slug":"mta-will-continue-300m-a-year-subway-cleaning-after-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mta-will-continue-300m-a-year-subway-cleaning-after-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"#MTA will continue $300M-a-year subway cleaning after COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#MTA will continue $300M-a-year subway cleaning after COVID<\/strong>”
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The MTA continue splashing out for its $300 million-per-year subway cleaning effort into the future \u2014 even as the COVID-19 crisis that spurred the practice winds down, officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and transit officials instituted the \u201c24\/7\u201d subway cleaning effort in the spring as ridership cratered in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic \u2014 at a cost of $250 million, MTA budget director David Keller told city council members during budget hearing<\/p>\n

The authority has spent another $44 million so far this year, Keller said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe anticipate to spend about $300 million dollars more on an annual basis going forward,\u201d he testified.<\/p>\n

Some transit advocates have dismissed the expense as \u201chygiene theater\u201d \u2014 pointing to scientific evidence that coronavirus \u201cdoes not spread easily\u201d through surfaces.<\/p>\n

The MTA has persisted with its disinfecting strategy, however,\u00a0arguing that\u00a0even the smallest threat of catching the virus deters potential riders. <\/p>\n

MTA surveys have also shown overwhelming support among riders for the cleaning regimen.<\/p>\n

On Monday, State Sen. Leroy Comrie (D-Queens), who chairs the committee responsible for MTA oversight, endorsed the continued spending on cleaning and disinfecting \u2014 saying cleaner trains, buses and stations are essential to \u201crestore faith in the subways.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t think its hygiene theater at all. I think that, clearly in the beginning [of the pandemic], there was a real paranoia about how you got infected,\u201d Comrie said during a panel hosted by Manhattan think-tank Transit Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the big issues with the ridership before was the level of cleanliness in the cars and the stations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think [the cleaning] should abate at all. It should probably stay permanent\u2013 because who know what the next issue is? And even if we don\u2019t face another health crisis or viral crisis, the improvement of cleanliness and the subways is important.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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