Q&A
Use of skid steer loaders for clearing pedestrian walkways
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Council Member Shaun Abreu inquires about the sufficiency of DSNY's 102 skid steer loaders for clearing pedestrian walkways during snow events. Acting Commissioner Javier Lojan explains that skid steers are not the only method used for clearing these areas.
- DSNY uses a combination of equipment and manual labor to clear pedestrian walkways.
- Sanitation workers manually clear many areas, especially those inaccessible to machinery.
- The 102 skid steer loaders enhance efficiency, but manual clearing remains a significant part of the snow removal process.
- After the recent Sunday storm, DSNY focused heavily on manually clearing pedestrian areas on Monday.
Shaun Abreu
0:33:29
DSNY currently has 102 skid steer loaders.
0:33:33
Mhmm.
0:33:33
One of the big concerns we have we hear from residents during the snow is their ability to navigate the streets.
0:33:40
Is 102 loaders enough to clear the number of pedestrian walkways and other passages?
Javier Lojan
0:33:45
Yeah.
0:33:46
So the skid steers are not the only form of, the only equipment that we use for clearing pedestrian walkways.
0:33:54
A lot of it's manually done by the sanitation workers.
0:33:58
If you could see one of the photos here, they're clearing an overpass.
0:34:02
So, you know, there's areas that, you know, we wouldn't be able to get equipment on, but we're manually clearing snow.
0:34:07
And that's one of the things that we focus on.
0:34:10
We heavily focused on Monday after Sunday storm.
0:34:13
We had all our personnel out there clearing that.
0:34:16
So the 102, it definitely helps, makes it more efficient.
0:34:21
But the manual clearing is one of the things that, you know, we also do.