It’s no secret that all forms of public transportation attract their fair share of germs, but new research has found that one transit line holds the crown of “Dirtiest in the Country.”

According to Business Insider, a recent study by Travelmath has proven that the New York City subway system has the worst germ problem among the five major U.S. public transportation lines.subway

New York City beat out Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco for the dubious distinction. As a result of the study, researchers discovered that underground trains in NYC had a skin-crawling two million colony-forming units per square inch.

About one out of three people still go to work when they’re sick, and those who utilize public transportation are much less likely to worry about which direction they cough or sneeze. To put NYC’s germ problem in perspective, its subways have about 900 times more germs than the average tray table in an airplane.

To find out what type of germs are lurking in NYC’s subway system, Business Insider sent a scientist, Craig Ward, to take samples from all 22 subway lines in the Big Apple.

While Ward claims that most of what he found “was really very common and no more than you’d expect to find by shaking hands,” there were also some more grotesque discoveries. On a 7 train, Ward found traces of Staphylococcus aureus, which is a common cause of skin infection and food poisoning.

NYC’s subways are under fire for these disgusting findings, but Rochester’s public transportation system is also far from perfect.

According to the Rochester Business Journal, transportation advocates, lawmakers, and local leaders gathered on Friday to urge Gov. Cuomo to provide additional funding for public transportation in Rochester and the Finger Lakes region.

Germs may be under control in Rochester’s buses, but a dearth of public transportation options leaves many residents with commutes that force them to arrive late for work or important appointments.

“The unfortunate reality is that we’re caught in a vicious circle where the people who we’d like to convince to ride public transit choose not to because the system is underfunded,” said Mike Governale, President of Reconnect Rochester.

Despite the utter repulsiveness of NYC’s germ problem, Rochesterians would likely prefer such conditions over a general lack of adequate public transportation vehicles.