[NFB-NM] FW: News Release-ABQ RIDE Using Special Foggers to Quickly and Easily Sanitize Buses

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From: De Reyes, Rick M. <rdereyes at cabq.gov <mailto:rdereyes at cabq.gov> > 
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To: De Reyes, Rick M. <rdereyes at cabq.gov <mailto:rdereyes at cabq.gov> >
Subject: News Release-ABQ RIDE Using Special Foggers to Quickly and Easily
Sanitize Buses

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Rick DeReyes | 505-9917-5751

Sept. 14, 2020

ABQ RIDE Using Special Foggers to Quickly and Easily Sanitize Buses

Efficiently and Safely Sanitizing Buses for Each Day's Service

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - While ABQ RIDE is already using more employees to
sanitize its buses and Sun Vans overnight, it is now taking yet another step
to protect drivers and passengers from COVID-19. In August, the department
began equipping its overnight vehicle detailers with special foggers that
can quickly sanitize the inside of all its fixed route buses and Sun Vans.
These special, electrostatic foggers are made by Victory Innovations, a
company specializing in the sanitary maintenance of buildings or vehicles.
Every night, after fixed route buses and Sun Vans have undergone the usual
wiping and sterilizing of high-traffic, high-touch surfaces and before they
are re-fueled, they get a thorough fogging inside.
"These electrostatic sprayers completely paint the inside of a bus or Sun
Van with a disinfecting fog, which covers every surface inside the vehicle,"
said Danny Holcomb, Transit Director. "Using handheld sprayers for both
buses and Sun Vans or larger backpack sprayers for the bigger buses, we can
have the fleet disinfected and ready to go every morning."
ABQ RIDE uses three backpack sprayers on the larger buses at both its Yale
and Daytona facilities. Each of those sprayers can sanitize up to 23,000
square feet of space on just one tank. They're the same backpack foggers
often used by some companies to fog and sanitize entire buildings. Smaller,
handheld sprayers also are used for both Sun Vans and some fixed route
buses. They can sanitize up to 2,800 feet of space on one charge.
Most of Transit's overnight detailing staff finished training on use of the
backpacks in July. The process has reduced the amount of time it takes to
sanitize and ready the buses for next day's service. In addition to all
fixed route buses and Sun Vans being wiped down and disinfected nightly, ABQ
RIDE's drivers also continue to nightly wipe down the cars used to shuttle
drivers to and from transit facilities. 
ABQ RIDE requires passengers and employees to wear a face mask or face
covering and encourages folks to adhere to COVID-safe practices.
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ABQ RIDE is Albuquerque's principal form of public transportation.  It daily
logs an average of 160,000 Passenger Miles on its buses.

Rick De Reyes
public information officer | ABQ RIDE
o 505.724-3149
m 505.917-5751
 <https://www.cabq.gov/transit> cabq.gov/transit

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