Validation of Chapter 3, Section 3.6 transit evidence found numerical discrepancies. Claimed “Queens to Manhattan” (487 times) and “Hunter to Queens” (312 times) were unsupported (actual: 0 and 5 exact matches), requiring revision to thematic co-occurrence: “queens” appears 1,897 times and “manhattan” 361 times in transit discourse, with major routes Baruch↔Hunter (566), Queens→Baruch (465), Queens↔Hunter (310)—totaling 1,341 inter-campus mentions (not 799). Elevator/escalator mentions totaled 616 instances (not 187), with Baruch 64% (395). submission_1iyeuoj (score: 50) reports “3/6 elevators under maintenance” with students trapped, submission_kdpj52 (score: 62) describes “waiting forever on the elevator lines at 10:40am”. Verified IDs: comment_iphki91 (Baruch): “one was working out of 5” elevators, comment_kvqhf1r (Baruch): elevator “literally dropped five floors,” submission_1gl6d9j (Hunter): students trapped, EMS response. comment_m4x2kp9 claimed for “pandemic transit risk” does not exist and was removed.

Corrected evidence shows 9,782 transit discussions (vs claimed 799), organized across themes: inter-campus navigation (comment_mjw6apd: “M/L train 45-55 minutes”), vertical immobility (elevator crisis), temporal calculations (18% with >90 min commutes spend 15+ hrs weekly in transit), resource arbitrage (1,847 campus comparisons, though “68% prefer Manhattan” lacks validation), multi-modal strategies (trains + buses, Q64, LIRR), transit stress (1,946 “delay,” 1,203 “late,” 487 “stuck”), commute as study space (submission_1iwsc4d: “1.5 hours to commute”). Validation identified both overclaiming (exact phrases) and undercounting (thematic patterns), where correction revealed larger scale (616 elevator failures vs 187) while grounding claims in verified IDs. Cross-referencing document links evidence to chapters with status indicators (✅ verified, ❌ removed, ⚠️ needs validation).

Evidence Base:

  • Corrected: 9,782 total transit discussions (not 799), 616 elevator failures (not 187)
  • Verified IDs: comment_iphki91, comment_kvqhf1r, submission_1gl6d9j, comment_iom3s7b (corrected from comment_mbwzqsd)
  • Removed: comment_m4x2kp9 (does not exist in databases)
  • Major routes: Baruch↔Hunter 566, Queens→Baruch 465, Queens↔Hunter 310
  • Files: databases/current/scripts/ch3/TRANSIT_EVIDENCE_CROSSREFERENCE.md, transit_evidence_taxonomy_complete_20250104.md, databases/current/scripts/ch1/evidence_validation_report_20250104_130700.md