新冠肺炎疫情期間美國芝加哥地區的大學將調整電梯使用規定

據WBEZ報道，目前位于美國芝加哥市區的大學校園正在考慮開放貨梯供教學員工和學生上下樓使用。位于水塔廣場附近的芝加哥洛約拉大學正在考慮讓貨梯載人運行。而坐落在芝加哥藝術學院對面、擁有六七層教學樓的美國路易斯大學正在指引學生和教職員工盡多地使用樓梯，電梯每次只能供兩個人使用。位于南環線的哥倫比亞學院則要求電梯每次只能搭載4人，而且必須站在轎廂內的四角，戴好口罩。各校預計在今年秋天開學，以前這里一度把“在市中心的多層建筑內享受高等教育”作為賣點，如今地理位置卻成了一個劣勢。

CHICAGO UNIVERSITY COVID-19 ELEVATOR ADJUSTMENTS

Using freight elevators to move students and staff through buildings is among adjustments universities in downtown Chicago are considering to limit the spread of COVID-19, WBEZ reports. Using freight elevators for passengers is being mulled at Loyola University Chicago near Water Tower Place. Officials at National Louis University, which has buildings of six and seven floors across from the Art Institute of Chicago, are directing students and staff to use the stairs if they are able and limit elevator capacity to two. At Columbia College in the South Loop, four students are allowed per elevator, and each must stand in a corner and wear a facemask. As schools are set to open in the fall, what was once a selling point — higher learning in multistory buildings in the heart of the city — has, for the moment, turned into a liability, the source observes.