New York City Subways Won’t Run 24 Hours a Day During Pandemic

Wall Street Journal ^ | APril 30, 2020 | Paul Berger

[The Pack Knight]

The New York City subway system will stop running 24 hours a day in an unprecedented action designed to deter homeless people and to disinfect trains and stations amid hygiene fears during the new coronavirus pandemic.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who controls the subway, said Thursday the system’s 472 stations will close between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. The overnight closures are expected to begin May 6.

During more than a century of operations, the subway system has shut down for days because of labor strikes, storms and blackouts. But this is the first time the system has ceased to run 24 hours a day as part of its regular schedule, said a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the subway.

[The Pack Knight]

So we're closing businesses all over the country to stop a New York-centered epidemic, but New York is even now running their subways 24 hours a day?

[Buckeye McFrog]

I wanna wake up in a city that never sl.....

….ahh, nevermind

[decal]

Little...late there, ain’tcha, pal?

[Tax-chick]

action designed to deter homeless people

Lawsuits against the MTA in 3, 2, 1 ...

[Trump.Deplorable]

Uhhhh guys a little late on this

I guess the saying better late then never would apply here

They should have closed it down for 2 weeks when the SHTF and I bet NYC infections would not be nowhere near they are today.

Cuomo Lied and people died

[mass55th]

A little late isn’t it?

[pnut22]

Ridiculous. He just wants to be able to say he closed the subway.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I like how he ordered that they be thoroughly sanitized on a daily basis.

After 120 years, why start now?

[RayChuang88]

New York City's MTA should have severely cut back on MTA transit services to encourage social distancing like by late February 2020. 😠👎

[Skywise]

Socialism for the win - shutting down the trains only hurts the poor DeBlasio

[dan on the right]

No, this makes sense.

They can start getting the homeless out of the subway cars; the subway has become a moving hotel for the NYC homeless.

As long as they ultimately go back to full schedule during the day, this is good. They limited the number of trains recently, causing crowding both because trains and since the homeless take up so many seats. Crowding not a good thing!

[NautiNurse]

We call that closing the barn door after the horses have bolted.

[Leaning Right]

The article fails to answer an important question: How will the closure affect the number of subway fight videos posted on Worldstar?

[Sicon]

I like how he ordered that they be thoroughly sanitized on a daily basis.
After 120 years, why start now?

The filth and stench are part of the charm (getting mugged used to be a big draw, too). Isn't that what tourists go to NYC for?

[tomkat]

             

[mewzilla]

We call that closing the barn door after the horses have bolted.

Cuomo's good at that. Just ask the people running the state 's nursing homes.

[lee martell]

I can’t believe they weren’t already doing this!
In Northern California, we have BART Trains, which operate somewhat similar to subways in New York.

As I recall, most every station has a time where certain trains are not running, so that they may be cleaned.
I haven’t ridden a BART in about five years, so that may have changed. Usually, the cleaning is done about 4AM.

The outside concrete is later steam cleaned with hot, hot water.

[wardamneagle]

“Look over here” Cuomo.....

[Buckeye McFrog]

No, this makes sense. They can start getting the homeless out of the subway cars; the subway has become a moving hotel for the NYC homeless.

The Devil in there is in the details. WHO precisely is going to get them out of the cars? The NYPD? Will they be permitted to use knight sticks? Cause that is probably going to be required in a lot of cases. Will the ACLU have attorneys line-up fifteen deep when they do? Will some Obama judge rule that they have a right to sleep in subway cars?

[1Old Pro]

so the homeless will get off and sleep at the stations. It’s not like they have a home to go home to.