Comments on: Sao Paulo Tries New Station Seats… for the Obese http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/08/25/sao-paulo-tries-new-station-seats-for-the-obese/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:40:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kevin http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/08/25/sao-paulo-tries-new-station-seats-for-the-obese/#comment-16938 Kevin Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:27:48 +0000 http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/?p=3688#comment-16938 People need to lose weight! People need to lose weight!

]]> By: Alon Levy http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/08/25/sao-paulo-tries-new-station-seats-for-the-obese/#comment-5140 Alon Levy Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:06:40 +0000 http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/?p=3688#comment-5140 Be careful - the obesity numbers you give aren't comparable. The US national rates are given by measuring people's weights, whereas the other numbers are given by asking people how much they weigh, which gives lower answers. By the same metric that New York is 20% obese, the US as a whole is 23% obese, not 33%. Be careful – the obesity numbers you give aren’t comparable. The US national rates are given by measuring people’s weights, whereas the other numbers are given by asking people how much they weigh, which gives lower answers. By the same metric that New York is 20% obese, the US as a whole is 23% obese, not 33%.

]]> By: ER http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/08/25/sao-paulo-tries-new-station-seats-for-the-obese/#comment-5103 ER Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:19:35 +0000 http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/?p=3688#comment-5103 This is unnecessary and kind of discriminatory. Isn't the hallmark of good design that the product is able, by default, to accommodate as many people as possible? Either all the seats should be larger (smaller people would fit in them, too), or there should be open benches (flexibility in both the size and quantity of users). Not exactly a revolutionary concept in the world of seating. This is unnecessary and kind of discriminatory. Isn’t the hallmark of good design that the product is able, by default, to accommodate as many people as possible? Either all the seats should be larger (smaller people would fit in them, too), or there should be open benches (flexibility in both the size and quantity of users). Not exactly a revolutionary concept in the world of seating.

]]> By: Allison http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/08/25/sao-paulo-tries-new-station-seats-for-the-obese/#comment-5100 Allison Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:02:28 +0000 http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/?p=3688#comment-5100 Um. Why not have bench seating? That'd fit obese riders without having to have a big blue label that says "FAT PEOPLE SIT HERE" It's....it's silly. Um. Why not have bench seating? That’d fit obese riders without having to have a big blue label that says “FAT PEOPLE SIT HERE”

It’s….it’s silly.

]]> By: TransitCommuter http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/08/25/sao-paulo-tries-new-station-seats-for-the-obese/#comment-5089 TransitCommuter Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:48:22 +0000 http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/?p=3688#comment-5089 It seems the designers of this seat never actually worked with the people the seat was designed for. It seems the designers of this seat never actually worked with the people the seat was designed for.

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