After an experiment, START officials say the best way to move air through buses is by closing side windows and opening the driver’s window and a hatch in the rear.
START bus riders will likely have more company onboard going forward.
With an OK from Teton County health officials, and after the Wyoming attorney general said Jackson Holeâs public transit system was exempt from state health orders limiting bus capacity, the Jackson Town Council and Teton County Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to increase the number of people allowed to ride START buses at one time.
Teton County Director of Health Jodie Pond supports the increase but didnât say itâs safer â or more risky â than the previous situation.
In Pondâs view, operating buses under the state-mandated restrictions versus the town and countyâs new capacity limits, which allow 11 more people on Teton Village buses, and 12 more people on town shuttle vehicles, is âessentially the same thing.â