Buses hot during the summer – record many complaints

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Earlier this year, Aftonbladet examined how hot it was on various buses in Stockholm. The result showed that several buses were so high that it was illegal to transport animals.

According to SL, the goal is that the temperature be 22 degrees in all buses, but SL struggled to reach that goal this summer.

Since May, there have been 1400 complaints to SL regarding buses and hot trains up to now. There are 1,000 more complaints that SL has received throughout the summer of 2016.

– The summer has been very hot so far. When we receive a complaint, we review it and try to solve the problem. Before the summer, we also inventions air conditioning of all buses, "says Per Hallberg, communications manager from SL to DN

. According to SL, the temperature rises quickly on Stockholm's well-trained lines as it releases a lot of hot air.

SL is focused on the equipment of more buses with air conditioning in recent years. About 70% of SL buses are equipped with AC current today. There is no requirement as to the height of the temperature in the buses, but it should be a "good quality of the air".

– We would like to see that such a requirement has been made so that it does not get too hot like in a sauna. Generally, there are no problems with buses that work in air conditioning. But it would be nice if you could darken the big boxes, "says Yoseph Yohannes, safety officer and bus driver in DN

The Social Democrats of Stockholm County Council demand that all buses be air-conditioned. The Board of the Traffic Board Kristoffer Tamsons (M) told the Mitt newspaper the requirement that all new buses should have AC, and means that SL is working on this issue.

Arriva, who manages the circulation of bus in some areas of Stockholm, has already blamed the high temperatures of drivers. "Arriva said that bus drivers did not know how to use air conditioning.

DN speaks with several bus drivers who think it would be a good idea to install open windows on the buses.But SL thinks it will not happen because it would upset the air conditioner.

– The air conditioner works best when windows are fe like in a car. Therefore, it is not necessary to change it, says Per Hallberg to SL to DN

For the bus driver Agneta Österlind, the temperature poses no problem in driving

– We control the CA him Even from the cabin we like to go out on the bus. Some drivers like the heat. Some have even heated the chair now during the summer, she says to DN.