We're Gonna Need a Bigger Bus

A new safety proposal for municipal buses from the Federal Transit Administration was published in today's Federal Register. The new rule would increase the assumed average weight per passenger from 150 pounds to 175 pounds, and would add another quarter of a square foot per person. The Transit Administration stated that they had gotten comments on an earlier rule that said they should raise the average passenger weight assumption "to an amount that more accurately reflects the changes to the average weight of Americans over the last several decades." According to The Centers for Disease Control, the average American man weighs 194.7 pounds, and the average American woman 164.7 pounds.  To misquote Roy Scheider in Jaws..."We're gonna need a bigger bus."

Or maybe we just need a Magic Bus.