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Originally Posted by geoking66
There is in NYC too…in fact, Metro platform heights are shorter than the equivalent on the subway, so there's more clearance room in NYC, but it's not standard in size. Unfortunately, it doesn't particularly matter if you're 1) intent on killing yourself or 2) incapacitated (drunk or otherwise).
so why couldn't the un=suicidual and capacitated people get up on it
There was a story on the news about a month ago about a company that was offering to install the doors for free, as long as they could put advertising on them and keep all of the revenue.
It seems MTA was the reluctant one. That would be the most cost effective way for sure. I'd think they would have jumped at the idea.
Not to mention, on the lettered lines, the standard length of a subway car is 60 feet. The doors on the 75 foot long R46, R68 and R68A cars would not line up with the platform doors.
MTA is always full of excuses: "expensive and extremely challenging"
They are not forking the bill (nor maintenance) for the project, and yet it's still "expensive." Do they expect to be PAID for this to be done!? Oh wait, they are! "The MTA would have received a share of that revenue as well."
The article says that the doors don't line up...but if you walk to around the middle of any platform, you will see a black/white striped bar hanging where the conductor will always line up give or take a feet. Can't possibly be that hard to line up doors with the same accuracy...
The article says that the doors don't line up...but if you walk to around the middle of any platform, you will see a black/white striped bar hanging where the conductor will always line up give or take a feet. Can't possibly be that hard to line up doors with the same accuracy...
The distances between the doors on different trains is different, however. It would be an engineering challenge to make it possible to line up the doors on all the trains. Possible, but probably more expensive and higher maintenance than otherwise.
As for the unsuicidal and capacitated: they don't end up on the tracks anyway. Except the poor Hindu guy who got pushed at the last second.
MTA is always full of excuses: "expensive and extremely challenging"
They are not forking the bill (nor maintenance) for the project, and yet it's still "expensive." Do they expect to be PAID for this to be done!? Oh wait, they are! "The MTA would have received a share of that revenue as well."
The article says that the doors don't line up...but if you walk to around the middle of any platform, you will see a black/white striped bar hanging where the conductor will always line up give or take a feet. Can't possibly be that hard to line up doors with the same accuracy...
Like I said before, on the lettered lines, even though the standard is 60 feet and 6 inches, there are three types of subway car where the length is 75 feet. That's why the doors wouldn't line up.
Yes, there can be 40 sets of platform doors for a ten car train of 60 foot cars, but what about the 8 car trains of 75 foot cars that have less doors?
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