What’s Worse Than Heat and Humidity? Heat and Humidity on the Subway
You make a mad dash out of one subway car and into another before the doors slam shut. Or you use your hands as fans. Or you sit by an open window, hoping for even the slightest hint of a breeze. Or, resigned to your sweaty fate, you call out to fellow commuters, warning them not to step aboard: “It’s very hot!”
Such is the bleak experience of some rare but unlucky New Yorkers in this especially steamy season: sweltering inside a subway car whose air conditioning has conked out.
On a recent Wednesday, when outdoor temperatures reached above 90 degrees and felt even hotter with the humidity, Car 1859 on the No. 1 line was one of those cars.
It was not the first time.
The car, which is about 37 years old, has been taken out of service four times because of reported air-conditioning problems over the past six years, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Source: The New York Times
