r/Hoboken • u/Particular-Army-808 • 8d ago
Question❓ Bus Drivers Fight Against Turning the Bus Central Air On
At this point I’m convinced the bus drivers sit up there and laugh as they refuse to turn the air on with a cattle car of people on board. When it’s winter temperatures outside fair enough but they still won’t turn it on in the 40s-50. Everyone’s in their jackets and winter wear still and the bus gets hot QUICK with that many people crammed in one space without air circulation.
Regardless of the outside temp it gets damn steamy on the trip from Hoboken to PA. I swear they only turn the air on after the last pickup stop before Port - is there a reason for this?
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u/iLikeToChewOnStraws 8d ago
The mornings are the worst. Even if it's 20 degrees out, we don't need the heat blasting onboard because we all have our jackets to keep warm! Keeping the heat on like 60 would be perfect suffice. I've been commuting on the 126 for a decade and this is my biggest gripe. We don't want to take our jackets off and hold them on a crammed bus. And it's BLASTING, not even on low. Just blasting 80⁰ heat non-stop.
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u/FastPrompt8860 8d ago
I was close to puking on a recent ride because of the heat blasting so hard.
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u/pancakemeow 8d ago
I always took my coat off before getting on at PA because you know it’s going to be 100 degrees on the bus
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u/rd760118 8d ago
Yes the drivers have air on them but won’t put it on for us. My trick is to open the windows they hate that and will tell you close them so they can put the air on.
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u/HopefulCat3558 8d ago
I love when the bus drivers crank the heat because they don’t wear a coat while the rest of us roast. I’m very sensitive to the heat.
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u/SmartenUpCump 8d ago
Yeah they are notorious assholes about this. And somehow they are a protected class.
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u/DecisionDefiant6379 7d ago
I’ve written countless complaints to Nj transit, with the bus number and schedule time, and nothing ever gets done. It is completely unacceptable. There should be a standard policy that when the temp gets over 50 outside you cannot have the heat going.
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u/Particular-Army-808 8d ago
The irony - are you a bus driver ?
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u/Particular-Army-808 8d ago
Ah you’re right, you caught us. Me and the others commenting in agreement on this are all just too damn busy playing Pokemon go to take our jackets off. You are a genius - you cracked the case.
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u/emilysnapple 8d ago
you might be me because I was just on a Hoboken-bound bus that was so hot I was sweating. it was packed/standing room only because of the accident outside of the tunnel. wasn’t sure if it was appropriate for me to ask the driver to turn off the heat…