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The studies will be conducted on transit vehicles that are empty and not in service. They will be carried out on vehicles in their normal state as well as on those with doors and windows open and with enhancements to ventilation and air-filtration systems.
The study will be led by MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory.Don Bansleben, a program manager at the DHS Science and Technology Directorate, said it is clear that mass transit riders in the.