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The buses are cooler

by Benjamin Kabak

Following last week’s news that the subways are mostly adequately air conditioned, New York City Transit released the bus air conditioning figures over the weekend. The buses, according to NYCT, are nearly perfectly air conditioned. Of the 2200 buses tested, 97 percent of them were found to be under 78 degrees, and just 78 buses overall were too hot. Now if only the buses moved with any speed through the City…

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Alon Levy August 11, 2008 - 1:28 pm

Maybe I’m spoiled, but when I lived in Singapore, I learned that adequate interior temperature was 19 or at most low 20s. 78 F is 25.5 C, which is way too hot.

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KaiB August 11, 2008 - 2:12 pm

78 air conditioned feels a lot colder than 78 heated due to the dehumidifying effect. While I set my heat to 71 in the winter, I’d be freezing if I set my a/c to cool to that temperature.

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Alon Levy August 12, 2008 - 5:41 am

Singapore is a tropical country; the numbers I gave for it are for air conditioned temperature.

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