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ByImageCaptionCloseFILE - A Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) passenger wears a protective mask while riding on a train on April 08, 2020 in San Francisco, California.FILE - A Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) passenger wears a protective mask while riding on a train on April 08, 2020 in San Francisco, California.BART tweets information on airflow, farts and ... moreBack to GalleryBay Area Rapid Transit took to Twitter on Thursday to educate riders on airflow in their cars amid concerns about COVID-19 spread, but the conversation soon turned scatological.BART has been hit hard by the pandemic. Ridership for Monday, July 27 was 43,318, representing an 89% drop compared to their budget projections.While this is largely due to residents working from home and not requiring a daily commute into the city, there are also concerns about viral spread in the car, leading to people often choosing to travel around the Bay instead in their own vehicles.To address these fears, BART tweeted out schematic diagram of a car and its filtration systems on Thursday, claiming that "air is filtered more effectively than in an office or grocery store" in a rapid transit car, and that pilot tests on improved filtration systems have begun.Let's talk air flow in BART cars: BART cars filter &amp; replace inside air about every 70 seconds. This was the case before COVID-19 and is still now. Air is filtered more effectively than in an office or grocery store.We've also begun new pilot tests for better filtration. — SFBART (@SFBART)But what residents really wanted to know about was a little more purile."All we really want to know is how long will it take for the new system to filter a fart out of the car." Twitter user Mike Spinney asked, and BART were happy to address the question, and more."About 70 seconds, maybe longer if you laid a real monster of a fart or sharted yourself," the agency replied.About 70 seconds, maybe longer if you laid a real monster of a fart or sharted yourself. — SFBART (@SFBART)Later tweets reassured riders that the much maligned wool cloths that were seen as germ havens are a thing of the past."The wool cloth seats in the legacy fleet cars have all been replaced with vinyl seats several years ago. Easier to wipe down vinyl than wool." BART tweeted.Whether the explanation of how airborne fecal matter dissipates through the cars leads to increased ridership for the transport system, or just forever associates BART with farts, remains to be seen.Andrew Chamings is an editor at SFGATE. Email: Andrew.Chamings@sfgate.com | Twitter: @AndrewChamings

Bay Area Rapid Transit took to Twitter on Thursday to educate riders on airflow in their cars amid concerns about COVID-19 spread, but the conversation soon turned scatological.BART has been hit hard by the pandemic. Ridership for Monday, July 27 was 43,318, representing an 89% drop compared to their budget projections.While this is largely due to residents working from home and not requiring a daily commute into the city, there are also concerns about viral spread in the car, leading to people often choosing to travel around the Bay instead in their own vehicles.To address these fears,...

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