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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Thu Nov 11 12:15:47 2010, in response to Re: The B110 has a website, posted by JAzumah on Thu Nov 11 10:38:27 2010. The upstate issue came about with a non-Jewish passenger who was uncomfortable with said custom being "enforced" with her. It just doesn't work that way in practical application.The issue upstate was on a single run where the bus had a curtain, because commuters on that particular trip held a morning prayer service on the bus. It was "enforced" because if a woman entered the men's section, it would disrupt the service; the participants couldn't simply move if they desired. IIRC, the curtain didn't even cover the whole bus and there was also a mixed seating area, but one non-regular passenger wanted to make an issue out of it. The B110 is a different situation - there's no curtain and there's no prayer service. There is a widely held custom in the community it serves that men and women who aren't married to each other should not touch each other, so as a courtesy they ask that people stand separately when the bus is crowded - and in Yiddish, no less, so people who don't hold by this custom don't even need to worry about it. The only way it is "enforced" is if a passenger gets on and sits or stands next to another passenger of the opposite gender, the other passenger might move. I'm not aware of any state law prohibiting passengers on a bus from moving from one place to another if they want to. |
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