Comments on: What ails ye? http://treadly.net/2006/01/31/what-ails-ye/ Work is just something I do between bike rides Fri, 04 May 2012 07:22:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: pedaller http://treadly.net/2006/01/31/what-ails-ye/comment-page-1/#comment-23 pedaller Wed, 01 Feb 2006 04:51:31 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/?p=35#comment-23 <p>Not to mention the additional exercise you get from "active transport" options. Although I suppose road rage can also lead to physical exercise can't it?</p> Not to mention the additional exercise you get from “active transport” options. Although I suppose road rage can also lead to physical exercise can’t it?

]]> By: Treadly&Me http://treadly.net/2006/01/31/what-ails-ye/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Treadly&Me Wed, 01 Feb 2006 01:39:04 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/?p=35#comment-22 <p>Ah yes, I was forgetting about that. I just <em>love</em> being coughed and sneezed all over in a crowded train or tram. The Co-Pilot brings enough snot home from his periodic detention at the day centre without having that extra exposure to other people's bugs, thanks all the same.</p> <p>Mind you, train travellers are the most insulated from <a href="http://www.healthpromotion.org.au/journal/previous/2004_1/article8.php" title="Comparison of air pollution exposure for five commuting modes in Sydney – car, train, bus, bicycle and walking [Health Promotion Journal of Australia 2004;15:63-7]">exposure to air pollutants</a> so that's a plus. But while people who drive are protected from sharing germs with strangers (at least during their commute) they suffer the most exposure to exhaust pollution. (There's something neatly symmetrical about that, isn't there?)</p> <p>So I think it's wise to take the middle path: walking or riding = minimal exposure to other people's germs + "<a href="http://www.healthpromotion.org.au/journal/previous/2004_1/article8.php" title="Comparison of air pollution exposure for five commuting modes in Sydney – car, train, bus, bicycle and walking [Health Promotion Journal of Australia 2004;15:63-7]">significantly lower levels of exposure</a>" to exhaust pollutants. And that's all good, isn't it?</p> Ah yes, I was forgetting about that. I just love being coughed and sneezed all over in a crowded train or tram. The Co-Pilot brings enough snot home from his periodic detention at the day centre without having that extra exposure to other people’s bugs, thanks all the same.

Mind you, train travellers are the most insulated from exposure to air pollutants so that’s a plus. But while people who drive are protected from sharing germs with strangers (at least during their commute) they suffer the most exposure to exhaust pollution. (There’s something neatly symmetrical about that, isn’t there?)

So I think it’s wise to take the middle path: walking or riding = minimal exposure to other people’s germs + “significantly lower levels of exposure” to exhaust pollutants. And that’s all good, isn’t it?

]]> By: pedaller http://treadly.net/2006/01/31/what-ails-ye/comment-page-1/#comment-21 pedaller Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:45:34 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/?p=35#comment-21 <p>Good points! I find that whenever I ride in crowded buses or trains I invariably catch a cold. I'd much rather ride my bike.</p> Good points! I find that whenever I ride in crowded buses or trains I invariably catch a cold. I’d much rather ride my bike.

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