Transit Evidence Taxonomy (Complete)

Generated: January 04, 2025 at 12:00 AM

Chapter 3 Thematic Analysis

Transit Evidence Validation Report

This document provides a corrected and validated summary of transit-related evidence for Chapter 3, Section 3.6.

Key Corrections

• Total Transit Discussions: 9,782 (previously misreported as 799)
• Elevator/Escalator Failures: 616 instances (previously 187), with 64% (395) from Baruch College.
• Removed Evidence: comment_m4x2kp9 was removed as it does not exist in the database.
• Corrected Evidence ID: comment_iom3s7b (corrected from comment_mbwzqsd).

Thematic Taxonomy of Transit Evidence

1. Inter-Campus Navigation

• Total Mentions: 1,341
• Major Commute Corridors:
  • Baruch ↔ Hunter: 566 mentions
  • Queens → Baruch: 465 mentions
  • Queens ↔ Hunter: 310 mentions
• Example Evidence:
  • comment_mjw6apd: “M/L train 45-55 minutes”

2. Vertical Immobility (Elevator Crisis)

• Total Mentions: 616
• Verified Evidence:
  • comment_iphki91: Baruch “one was working out of 5” elevators.
  • comment_kvqhf1r: Baruch elevator “literally dropped five floors.”
  • submission_1gl6d9j: Hunter students trapped in an elevator, EMS responded.
  • submission_1iyeuoj: “3/6 elevators under maintenance,” students trapped.
  • submission_kdpj52: “waiting forever on the elevator lines at 10:40am”.

3. Temporal Calculations & Time Poverty

• Key Stat: 18% of students with >90 minute commutes spend 15+ hours per week in transit.
• Example Evidence:
  • submission_1iwsc4d: “1.5 hours to commute to the city”

4. Resource Arbitrage

• Total Mentions: 1,847 campus comparison posts.
• Note: The claim that “68% prefer Manhattan” lacks validation.

5. Multi-Modal Strategies

• Discussion of using trains, buses, Q64, LIRR in combination.

6. Transit Stress

• “delay”: 1,946 mentions
• “late”: 1,203 mentions
• “stuck”: 487 mentions

7. Commute as Study Space

• Students using their long commute times to study.