TTC: Other Items (catch all)

[Coolibop]

Eh, DRT has plastic seats and they're pretty comfy (albeit high backs on some). I think we have bigger fish to fry.

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

Eh, DRT has plastic seats and they're pretty comfy (albeit high backs on some). I think we have bigger fish to fry.

Who cares about what other places do, we don't need cheap plastic seats.

 

[DSCToronto]

Who cares about what other places do, we don't need cheap plastic seats.

I agree with @Coolibop that we really have more important fish to fry and, from my experience, plastic seats IF PROPERLY DESIGNED can be perfectly comfortable.

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

I agree with @Coolibop that we really have more important fish to fry and, from my experience, plastic seats IF PROPERLY DESIGNED can be perfectly comfortable.

And you really think that's possible? Plastic seats are gross they get sticky in the warmer months, they get sticky if someone spills something on it. They are total crap and don't belong on public transit at all. There is no such thing as a properly designed plastic transit seat they are all awful.

 

[DSCToronto]

And you really think that's possible? Plastic seats are gross they get sticky in the warmer months, they get sticky if someone spills something on it. They are total crap and don't belong on public transit at all. There is no such thing as a properly designed plastic transit seat they are all awful.

... and, obviously, fabric covered seats are able to magically repel liquids and avoid getting sticky and are easier to clean!

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

... and, obviously, fabric covered seats are able to magically repel liquids and avoid getting sticky and are easier to clean!

Whatever i still don't get why we need to have them at all and why anyone actually thinks people like them. I don't think that they are nice to sit on and they look cheap because they are.

 

[Northern Light]

... and, obviously, fabric covered seats are able to magically repel liquids and avoid getting sticky and are easier to clean!

Irrespective of their ease of cleaning, I have to agree @EastYorkTTCFan all plastic seats are garbage, period.

They are unattractive and uncomfortable and I will never accept the lowest common denominator due to cost/ease etc.

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

Irrespective of their ease of cleaning, I have to agree @EastYorkTTCFan all plastic seats are garbage, period.

They are unattractive and uncomfortable and I will never accept the lowest common denominator due to cost/ease etc.

Thanks at least I'm not the only one who thinks that.

 

[turbanplanner]

Thanks at least I'm not the only one who thinks that.

Also a great way to push the "transit is for poor people" mindset I see in a lot of people

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

Also a great way to push the "transit is for poor people" mindset I see in a lot of people

Exactly which is why US transit looks so awful they don't care about the people who ride it so it just adds to the mentality that people have that public transit is for people who can't afford a car or are poor.

 

[Coolibop]

Who cares about what other places do, we don't need cheap plastic seats.

I think you missed the relevant part about them being comfortable.

I suggest anyone try riding the DRT pulse service to objectively form opinion.

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

I think you missed the relevant part about them being comfortable.

I suggest anyone try riding the DRT pulse service to objectively form opinion.

Why would anyone think plastic seats are comfortable?

 

[APTA-2048]

I think you missed the relevant part about them being comfortable.

I suggest anyone try riding the DRT pulse service to objectively form opinion.

Compared with the older Pulse buses (which use the same model of seat, but with padding and fabric) they are not as comfortable. It does feel like a bit of a downgrade with the unpadded vinyl seats.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

... and, obviously, fabric covered seats are able to magically repel liquids and avoid getting sticky and are easier to clean!

(turn on English subtitles in YouTube)

 

[DSCToronto]

Why would anyone think plastic seats are comfortable?

Because properly designed plastic seats can be very comfortable - fabric may look better but ...