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Posted by Broadway Lion on Sat Jan 31 10:35:54 2015 Several years ago, January of 2011 to be exact, the LION proposed Snow Plan - 5. Him submit it to the MTA Inspector General. This is what LION wrote, more or less: Him identified areas at HIGH RISK. Call them "Red Stations" Him identified areas at RISK. Call them "Orange Stations" Him identified areas at LOW RICK. Call them "Yellow Stations" and Him identified areas that seemed to not be at Risk. Gall Them "Green Station" The invocation of Snow Plan Five is not up to the MTA, but rather it is up to the city in consultation with police, fire, sanitation, weather forecasters and city government. This plan provides for a staged shutdown of services as needed by changing weather conditions. This is in addition to the snow plans 1 through 4 operated by the MTA for its equipment and crews. This plan is specifically for the PUBLIC. The recent shutdown did work, but it did not suspend service in stages, but all at once. That is ok, the public now knows what to expect, and we know that Plan - 5 will work. In the event of pending weather conditions the public announcements might say that "RED STATIONS WILL CLOSE at 7:PM." Depending on conditions a further announcement can be broadcast saying; "ORANGE STATIONS WILL CLOSE AT 10:PM" And again if necessary, "SERVICE TO YELLOPW STATIONS will be suspended at 2AM." Announcements will indicate that GREEN STATIONS Will continue to operate with delays. Then individual Green Stations may need to be closed as certain conditions develop. Bus Routes will be suspended as conditions warrant, and the Department of Sanitation will attempt to clear "Emergency Bus Routes" first. The goal of such service is to be able to move the most numbers of people to operating Green Stations as possible. Special snow routes will have to be identified, and made known to the public as quickly as possible. The Department of Parks will likely have the right kinds of equipment to clear sidewalks of snow, so that people would be able to walk on the sidewalks to an operating bus stop even as the streets remain closed. It is presumed that sidewalks can be cleared more easily than streets since there will be no cars parked in the way. This is a Snow Control Plan, a Flood Control Plan is different since that will affect the Manhattan Trunks. People should listen to the radio and avoid transit during flood conditions.  ROAR |
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