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mrturdferguson OP t1_j5uoiql wrote

Reply to comment by DMenace83 in Grand Central Madison goes deep... by mrturdferguson

You must not venture out late a night to see the hardworking crews power washing and mopping up tons of disgusting things. But I agree, they should employ more people to keep it cleaner.

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DMenace83 t1_j5v7td1 wrote

I'll be honest I haven't, but I do see stations like the Flushing Main St escalators brand new at the time they were built, but in less than a year, dust and grime started to coat the nice walls. Now, it's just a thick black layer of dust that nobody else bothers to clean.

On the flip side, I look at places like Japan, there are cleaning crew running around 24/7 cleaning the stations, wiping the escalator handles, stairs, etc. And everywhere is so nice and clean.

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Isawthebeets t1_j5wz850 wrote

Tokyo trains close at midnight or 1am. So they can clean do maintenance. If we did that. We would need an a army of nightbuses to handle instead…actually

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DMenace83 t1_j5ya9b2 wrote

Right, but I'm referring to stations. Don't need to shut down the station for it to be cleaned.

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Ermahgerd_Rerded t1_j5wq8cm wrote

There’s no escalators at flushing main you fucking liar

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DMenace83 t1_j5wyywl wrote

Subway station, 7 train, on Roosevelt. There are 2 big escalators across the street from Macy's.

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Redbird9346 t1_j5xs9jh wrote

The Lippman Plaza exit, mid-block between Main and Union.

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woodcider t1_j5xi2d1 wrote

Every time there’s a budget crisis the first people they cut are Cleaners. Then there’s a rise in track fires and service gets messed up. They haven’t figured out that these things cascade. Keeping the stations clean should be a higher priority.

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arthurnewt t1_j5ur7qh wrote

After all the money spent the cleaning should be the least they can do

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