COVID-19 update; Wednesday, April 15
Summary
The big issue for Metro will be lost sales tax and farebox revenues due to safer at home orders and diminished ridership. •In the NY Post, Interim NYC Transit President Sarah Feinberg honors the New York MTA workers who have died due to COVID-19 — 59 to date. Excerpt: “Right now, we are preventing the spread of the disease by extreme social distancing, by keeping people away from each other,” said Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Global Health Institute at Harvard University. “That is literally Disease Outbreak 101.” •The LAT does some informed speculation on what reopening California may look like — staggered work shifts, more telecommuting, fewer seats in restaurants, more mask/face coverings and a pause in big gatherings such as concerts and sports events. Top of the story: Jim Mack had made several trips to New York City before, but had never been the only passenger on a commercial jet landing at a deserted La Guardia Airport.