Recently I've been on the MTA NY subway tab of this forum commenting on how beginning Wednesday at 1:00 am the NYC subway will close until 5:00 am for deep cleaning every day for now. There's a possibility that change may become permanent.
As far as I know, that would leave CTA as the only US rail transit system, excluding PATH in NJ and NY and PATCO in NJ and PA, with any scheduled 24 hour service. A couple of lines, the Orange and Brown now run roughly 22 hours per day Monday through Friday. Any chance they could go to 24 hours perhaps as "Brownage" line trains overnight, at least on weekdays? CTA buses seem to be a problem area because drivers are not insulated from passengers and they appear to have a greater fear of contracting covid-19. The CTA rail cabs are full width, protecting the operators to a great degree.
Do you think this can be feasible?
As far as I know, that would leave CTA as the only US rail transit system, excluding PATH in NJ and NY and PATCO in NJ and PA, with any scheduled 24 hour service. A couple of lines, the Orange and Brown now run roughly 22 hours per day Monday through Friday. Any chance they could go to 24 hours perhaps as "Brownage" line trains overnight, at least on weekdays? CTA buses seem to be a problem area because drivers are not insulated from passengers and they appear to have a greater fear of contracting covid-19. The CTA rail cabs are full width, protecting the operators to a great degree.
Do you think this can be feasible?
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