Anonymous
Post 05/19/2020 08:23     Subject: Re:How do you reconcile public transit with pandemics ?
Anonymous wrote:I was on the 30n or 30s this week and it was packed. 1 passenger who was clearly mentally altered kept leaning over people and coughing. We were all trying to move but it was futile. The next day I was on the same bus route and a passenger got on who yelled about the tardiness of the bus. Of course he wasn't wearing a mask and it was the day after the research came out about transmission through yelling. Anyone who doesn't realize that public buses are a special virulent kind of petri dish is not paying attention to reality.


Anyone who doesn't realize that there is no room for everyone to drive around in cars and park is not paying attention to reality.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2020 06:47     Subject: How do you reconcile public transit with pandemics ?
Even for people with cars who ca afford to pay, there are not enough parking spaces..
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2020 06:42     Subject: Re:How do you reconcile public transit with pandemics ?
I was on the 30n or 30s this week and it was packed. 1 passenger who was clearly mentally altered kept leaning over people and coughing. We were all trying to move but it was futile. The next day I was on the same bus route and a passenger got on who yelled about the tardiness of the bus. Of course he wasn't wearing a mask and it was the day after the research came out about transmission through yelling. Anyone who doesn't realize that public buses are a special virulent kind of petri dish is not paying attention to reality.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2020 20:05     Subject: How do you reconcile public transit with pandemics ?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think it stands to reason that people could be more easily infected on public transportation, but do we have proof of this?


I don't have a link handy, but there was a map and analysis that showed the pattern of outbreak in NYC and it was pretty clear that there was a connection to how much time people spend on the subway.


Actually it was pretty clear that the so-called study was random nonsense.

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2020/04/17/that-mit-study-about-the-subway-causing-covid-spread-is-crap/
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2020 10:06     Subject: How do you reconcile public transit with pandemics ?
There was a study from China discussing infection rates on a bus. Seemed to be air transmission even though the infected person exited the bus 30 min before another person was infected. They sat in different areas of the bus so it was not touch. I think people will wear masks.

At least on the bus there are windows that can be opened, the subway is pretty stagnant re: air circulation.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2020 09:55     Subject: Re:How do you reconcile public transit with pandemics ?
I expect that most long lasting effect will be a huge decrease in ridership on subways and thus a steep decline in property values for those living near metro/subway stations.
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2020 09:33     Subject: How do you reconcile public transit with pandemics ?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think it stands to reason that people could be more easily infected on public transportation, but do we have proof of this?


I don't have a link handy, but there was a map and analysis that showed the pattern of outbreak in NYC and it was pretty clear that there was a connection to how much time people spend on the subway.


The subway is also correlated with higher density.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2020 01:50     Subject: How do you reconcile public transit with pandemics ?
Same way people have been reconciling it during the 100 years since the last pandemic, and the same way people will reconcile it for the next 100 years.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2020 01:36     Subject: How do you reconcile public transit with pandemics ?
Anonymous wrote:I think it stands to reason that people could be more easily infected on public transportation, but do we have proof of this?


I don't have a link handy, but there was a map and analysis that showed the pattern of outbreak in NYC and it was pretty clear that there was a connection to how much time people spend on the subway.