[ExI] Jimmy 'the Greek' Snyder

[Dylan Distasio]

The problem with any of these solutions for social distancing on mass
transit is they SEVERELY reduce the number of passengers per car which is
unsustainable from both a revenue generating perspective and a practical
one.   I saw the Phillipines had kitted out a demo car to enforce proper
spacing, and it reduced the passenger limit by an order of magnitude from
1600 to around 160.

On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 1:58 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> > *On Behalf Of *Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] Jimmy 'the Greek' Snyder
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> On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 10:21 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
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> >>…Since the start of the quarantine, I have been pondering the fact that
> we have built up cities with a population density high enough to make
> street traffic mostly impractical, social distancing nearly impossible and
> causing the proletariat to rely on mass transit, which we already know is
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>  For safety reasons, that level of population density must come down.  We
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> >…Contrasting that is the fact that certain services - including ones we
> have come to depend on, such as schools and hospitals - are only practical
> with certain minimum population densities, and become more efficient -
> better able to serve more people on the same budget - with higher
> population densities….Well, today many bosses are forced to allow it, and
> inertia may make that an industry standard, lowering the fraction of the
> workforce that needs mass or private transit to and from an office.)
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> Well stated, Adrian.  I agree with all.
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> In the meantime, I am still thinking about a means of isolating people
> aboard mass transit, using something analogous to an electric wheelchair
> device with a plastic clamshell barrier around it.  The passenger just gets
> in, the chair rolls onto the train, rolls back off, goes to the office,
> without further instruction from the sleeping prole within.
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