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Old Posted May 29, 2020, 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by CityTech View Post
There's some evidence that air conditioning can spread the virus droplets, so part of the plan should be to commit to minimizing AC use on buses and trains. Maybe leave it off except on days where the temperature goes above 30. I find OC tends to be excessive with the AC (quite often in summer I actually get uncomfortably cold on buses) so there's definitely room to cut down on its use.
The operator can only turn on or off the air conditioning - there is no ability to control the temperature except by the mechanics at the garage.

In my opinion, I would be against leaving the A/C off. Furthermore, passengers are unable to open the windows on the remaining hybrid buses that are still in revenue service (except at the back of the bus) and double decker buses in the 8100 series -- the A/C must be turned on or else the bus will be dangerously hot.
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