Elevator World

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com SPECULATIONS, UPDATES ON REVISING ELEVATOR CULTURE The New York Times recently reported on “strict new rules to govern elevator culture,” with employers and managers apparently settling on supporting the following mandates: a maximum of four people per car, designated standing spots, masks, forward-facing positions and no talking. Elevator consultants are being hired to help plan the best way to get riders to their destinations at low risk. When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officially weighs in, it is expected to recommend limiting the number of elevator riders (to an indeterminate number), arrows showing different paths to get on and off, masks and signs urging people to “not talk unless you have to,” according to Nancy Clark Burton, a CDC senior industrial hygienist. For escalators, it is to advise one rider every other step and hand sanitizer at the top