First four LODRS races postponed

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by pmrphil

You would probably understand NYC (and it's issues) a bit better if you had ever used the subway system there. Not even any room for elbows. Many residents don't have cars, no place to park one. WAY too many people in one place.

OK so what you are saying the governor of NY and mayor of the city did not do enough to help protect the city? They did not shut down the subway and other mass transit where social distance could not be maintained. I have never been to or plan to go the NYC.

[pmrphil]

Originally Posted by Mike Pearson

OK so what you are saying the governor of NY and mayor of the city did not do enough to help protect the city? They did not shut down the subway and other mass transit where social distance could not be maintained. I have never been to or plan to go the NYC.

Wow. Please show me where I said any of that.

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by pmrphil

Wow. Please show me where I said any of that.

Sorry. I just assumed you were stating that the subways were still in use during the stay at home order in NYC. Do you know if that was the case? You seemed to allude to the fact that the subway was part of the problem there with transmission of the virus because people are packed in there like sardines..

[jmcarter]

Ok, since we’re not getting much traction talking racing on any thread I’ll throw in my one and only subway story. We stopped in the Boston area on our RV trip last summer. We were en route to PEI with our grandson and he and I took a mid-morning subway ride into Boston Common so he could appreciate the area’s history and get another junior ranger badge. After several hours enjoying the city we went to board the subway around 5:00 PM. You guessed it, jam packed beyond anything I’d ever experienced in Asia, Europe and certainly here in the states. I’ve never been so pressed against others, all nationalities, sexes (think there were more than two) and you’d think at the next stop no one else would be able to board but sure enough more would cram in every time. Must have been 8 or 9 stops before it started to thin out. I’ve read that commuting into large cities is going to be a major hurdle getting everyone back to work and I certainly believe it, no matter how you feel about the pandemic it’s sure going to be a game-changer just like 9/11. Historians are going to have a lot of material to cover just in the last 10 years.

[pmrphil]

Originally Posted by Mike Pearson

Sorry. I just assumed you were stating that the subways were still in use during the stay at home order in NYC. Do you know if that was the case? You seemed to allude to the fact that the subway was part of the problem there with transmission of the virus because people are packed in there like sardines..

The subways and busses are still running as we speak.

[AC]

Originally Posted by pmrphil

The subways and busses are still running as we speak.

yes they are