Conditions - China - Torturous on city's over-crowded buses
Shanghai,China -Shanghai Daily, by Wang Yanlin 20 Feb 2006: -- To ride on a crowded bus is never comfortable. When the bus is air-conditioned, the discomfort escalates into a torture. This is especially true in the winter when people wear their heavy clothes to combat the chilly weather... With improved facilities, many buses in Shanghai are equipped with air-conditioning systems. None, or very few of the windows on such buses can be opened, for some mysterious reason... It makes people feel good when they initially step onto the bus out of the cold. But in rush hours when most buses are filled with commuters, people are likely to get dizzy within ten minutes due to the heat and the bad air quality... The situation worsens in the winter. Many people have the experience of sweating in the bus when it is freezing outside. They can hardly move because it is so crowded, let alone take off their heavy clothes...
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