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Air purification pilot project

This forum will be for issues that don't belong specifically to one NYC area transit agency, but several. For instance, intra-MTA proposals or MTA-wide issues, which may involve both Metro-North Railroad (MNRR) and the Long Island Railroad (LIRR). Other intra-agency examples: through running such as the now discontinued MNRR-NJT Meadowlands special. Topics which only concern one operating agency should remain in their respective forums.

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Air purification pilot project

 #1554841  by isaksenj
 
NEW YORK – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Thursday, announced that Metro-North Railroad and the Long Island Rail Road are piloting a new technology to filter and purify the air inside rail cars using an electrical field to generate a wave of ionized particles that destroy airborne viruses, bacteria and particulate matter, including COVID-19. The MTA is the first transit agency in North America to test the technology.

https://midhudsonnews.com/2020/10/16/mt ... ter-rails/

Re: Air purification pilot project

 #1555049  by BandA
 
Great idea, sounds very similar to my 1969 Honeywell electronic air cleaner. High voltage grid grabbed all the particles from the air. Sadly it is out of service. If it is filtering stuff out it will require periodic cleaning, hope they have factored that in.
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