Comments on: Key temperature question conspicuously absent from summer subway reports cards

By: stepheneliot

stepheneliot — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:52:35 +0000

Well there’s something to be said about sitting in your air conditioned car in Los Angeles when you want to get from Point A to Point B. The rub, however, is that one must travel on crowded streets and freeways most of the times and that you live outside of New York City.Hmmm….

By: wayne's world

wayne's world — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:16:51 +0000

The subway stations got a lot hotter once they started air conditioning the trains. The use of the air conditioners on the trains throws off a great deal of heat, which plays a factor in how hot it is in the stations. Back in the days before we had air conditioned trains, the stations were somewhat less hot and the trains were unbearable. I suspect there is very little that can be done about the temperatures inside the stations.

By: mg

mg — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:53:36 +0000

Boston is experimenting with a new way of cooling underground stations using some sort of water cooling system (sort of similar to Grand Central’s 4/5/6 cooling). Their success has been mixed–at some stations, it just seems to blow around hot air and not actually cool that much. But honestly, even a breeze would help wick sweat away at the very least.

By: Benjamin Kabak

Benjamin Kabak — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:32:21 +0000

I would think the MTA would want to do something about the temperature on the platforms so they don’t have people passin’ out all over the place.

Yeah, like me this morning. Wow was it hot in the subway today.

peter: I think I just might take my Sharper Image thermometer clock into the subway one of these days to see just how hot it really is. This morning at 7th Ave. in Brooklyn on the Q/B it was easily pushing 100.

By: Victoria Jeter

Victoria Jeter — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:22:55 +0000

Sometimes it’s so hot on the platform that I can’t breathe. I would think the MTA would want to do something about the temperature on the platforms so they don’t have people passin’ out all over the place.

By: Marsha

Marsha — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:28:03 +0000

I think you hit it when you stated that the MTA knows the platforms are hot. Why ask the question when you already know the answer?

By: peter

peter — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:13:10 +0000

Lets meet at the hardware store, buy a thermometer and go measure the temp, OK?
Then we can accurately -if not exactly easily – say how hot it is on the 7 Plat.