Comments on: Transit Benefits Your Health and Saves Your Life

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:55:41 +0000

On the Buses! Meet new people? Save money? Reduce stress? Slow life’s pace down a notch? Keep your capital for investing in your, self-serving, projects? Run from escalating gasoline costs? Socialize even if marginal differences? Unhook from the rubber-wheeled tragedy of our times! Buy that new house! Get some fresh air at the bus stop! Talk to that stranger their! Stop paying off the oil barons! Stop paying for model changes you don’t need! Don’t get hooked by the insurance brokers! Let planned obsolesce be a thing you do not invest in!

By: Court S.

Court S. — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:03:24 +0000

Great article! I’ve taken transit around for the last five years and tell people all the time the benefits of living in a transit-accessible neighborhood and taking transit. Sometimes I wear a pedometer, and I get an extra few miles of walking spread throughout the day. And not to mention lowered stress.

And to answer Jordan, true, you are in an enclosed space, but so are most people at work, school, restaurants, movie theaters, etc. What transit does have is constant influx of air blowing in when the doors open, which help keeps air circulating (unlike my office I haven’t seen a significant increase in colds since taking transit; working in a restaurant caused many more issues.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:46:41 +0000

i think it is, for sure.

By: Jordan D.

Jordan D. — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:09:29 +0000

The long term benefits of riding a bus such as lowered emissions and having to walk to the bus stop are great.

The only bad part is that youre sitting in a small enclosed area with 30 people coughing, sneezing, and sharing the same air.

If there’s a bug going around, your chances of catching it are significantly increased.

So is it really good for your health…today?

By: J

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:02:18 +0000

Sounds great !

Riding a bicycle will save even 64% more money.

But good luck trying to pick some one up from the airport on your bicycle or waiting at a bus stop on a hot day with a pint of ice cream.