I just got the following press release from the American Public Transportation Association (emphasis added):
Public Transportation Is Safe
Public Transit Systems Have Precautionary Procedures In PlaceThe millions of people who take public transportation should continue to do so, knowing that public transit systems already have procedures in place to deal with seasonal flu outbreaks and are closely monitoring the H1N1 virus (swine flu) outbreak.
“People should continue to ride public transportation. Buses and trains are as safe as any other public area,” said American Public Transportation Association (APTA) president William W. Millar. “Public transit systems deal with large numbers of people on a regular basis and already have precautionary procedures in place for both riders and employees.”
Transit systems regularly clean facilities, vehicles, and fare vending equipment with high-grade germicidal solutions and will take additional measures as appropriate.
Transit systems regularly clean facilities! Don’t you feel reassured?
Bullshit. The back of the 36 or the 7 looks like a third world country slum.
why are you such a sociopath?
Hahahhaha! You have to steal $9 wine! Knock-knock!! Who be there?! Suicide! You’ll know where to find me. You’ll know when you’ve FAILED.
Hellz Yeah! I KNEW that pile of chicken bones on the back of the 131 this morning looked like it had just been freshly disinfected!!!
Yeah, regularly cleaned, right. Tell that to the grime on the top of the hand rails.
so, wait, now public transit is bad?
okay, noted. I clean my car regulary
I gargle Purell every time I use the bus, and I *still* get colds and flus from Metro. Why should this be any different? I’m going to buy a WWII gas mask and wear asbestos oven mitts if I have to ride the bus any time soon.
Ok, if this flu is worse on people who are generally healthy, then wouldn’t a bus be safer from it than someplace where there are more healthy people?
Metro, define ‘regular’, please! I know people are filthy, but just look at the window sills with all sorts of accumulated grime. Those buses are probably only clean during the very first hour they’re on the road. If Metro really cared about hygienic conditions, drivers would be forbidden to let on drunks who’ve already shit their pants (something I’ve experienced more than once, unfortunately).
@3 How long ago did this happen? It was such a non-event for anyone who wasn’t directly involved anyway. Jesus Christ.
@9
It wasn’t a non-event, and it wasn’t that long ago. It happened sooner than metro’s snow problemo, which is what Cunt-face McECB is referencing to here in this post.
@10 Why don’t you explain why it does matter?
@8,
It’s worse on healthier people because they’re more likely to die from it. As far as I know, unhealthy people are as likely or maybe more likely to contract it or carry it.
I hope @3 and @9 get the flu and die.
Thanks for the well wishes, Will!
I suppose this is what I get for commenting on Slog.
Will, you fool. If you are going to tell people to die, please get yer #s right. I believe you meant @10 instead of @9. Not that it really matters, as the comment was worthless.
Oh, VP Biden, you had us at “for the love of god, don’t ride public transit!”
Auto Industry HEART Biden…BIG TIME.
Roll the ads…”Mommy, I rode the bus this morning, and I don’t feel so well.” “Think of the children. Buy a new car.” Queue shot of Air Force One buzzing the Statue of Liberty. Queue “America the Beautiful” by Ray Charles.
…ahem, for the geek looking over my shoulder…”cue, not queue, moron”…thanks, Dave…
“Transit systems regularly clean facilities, vehicles, and fare vending equipment with high-grade germicidal solutions and will take additional measures as appropriate.”
Ha ha, regularly indeed … MONTHLY? or YEARLY? Those buses don’t appear to be cleaned any more often than that, Metro. The greasy film present on every surface tells me I’m correct.
I have unfortunately seen, or rather smelled, this. Metro disinfects bus stops by spraying a stinky-as-hell bluish substance all over the place. I really don’t get the logic of disinfecting something that’s located outdoors; it seems like just powerwashing the hobo vomit away should be good enough, but whatever.
It seems to happen very rarely. I’ve smelled/seen it a total of three times the seven years I’ve lived in this city.
Unless you touch things on the bus and then rub your eyes, or eat without washing your hands, it’s not the bus itself one needs to fear… it’s the passenger who sneezes, coughs, or vomits within a six foot radius of you. Actually, I would fear that even without a flu thing happening.
re:
“HAHAHAHAHAHAHA”
are you going to attribute that quotation?