feel like it would be more effective to use the same barrier they are testing out elsewhere…they do deter you from standing in front from my own personal observation because of the perceived lack of room between you and the tracks
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I agree. The fence barriers actually keep you from venturing into that area due to their inherent design. This new pilot attempt wont stop anyone from walking between the poles, going into the area and socking a conductor in the face.
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last night a conductor got slashed in the neck when he stuck his head out while approaching a station
Do trains have a precise stopping point at each station? I am under the impression that trains can have different lengths, depending on time of day. Is that correct?
I read about that:
This is my favourite quote from the article:
“It’s crazy, I ain’t going to lie. For a conductor to get stabbed in the neck, it’s just crazy,” one person said.
I am glad that person didn’t lie!
It’s important to tell the truth.
That is a really deep cut. I hope they find this person who attacked him quickly.
Train length does vary, but typically on most routes the standard 60 foot B-Division (Lettered routes) are 10 car trains while 75 footers are made up in 8 car trains. The exeptions of this are the Franklin Ave shuttle which runs 2-car trains, Rockaway Park Shuttle which runs 4-car trains and the G which runs 5 car trains. A-Division (Numbered routes) all use 10 car 52 foot long cars with the exception of the 7 which uses 11 cars and the 42nd Street shuttle which uses 6 cars.
I have not heard of trains being made shorter or longer depending on the time of day.
Also, yes there is a certain typical stopping point where the conductor has to point at a white and black striped “Zebra Board” which is in the middle of the station.
https://nowiknow.com/safety-zebras/
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Thank you!
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It’s Chambers Street and 190th Street.
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That’s a lot of money!
Are they gold-plating the platforms?
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Who knows but Chambers is such a dump I wouldn’t be surprised if it needed a full demo.
All the sub-contractors don’t help. We have so many stations to repair and should be constantly expanding. Those repairs should be brought in house.
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100 million for only 2 stations is indeed a lot of money. Admittedly the Chambers Street station is deplorable and it’s like a complete rebuilding needed. Years of turning a blind eye and neglect gets us to this point.
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Didn’t they just finish “renovating” Chambers? Granted it was not a “full” renovation, but it seems like poor planning for there to be two such projects in such a short period of time.
Chambers is a massive station and in very poor shape, plus there’s a huge building on top of it which I’m sure complicates things. I get why that would be expensive.
Still, it’s criminal that MTA can’t do any of this in-house the way other transit agencies do. Using contractors inflates the cost 2-3x, which is a massive waste of our money.
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I have found some good insight into these sort of problems in the words of this very wise man: let me share news on his recent book.
Excerpt from the book - by Philip K Howard.
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The Enhanced Initiative renovations that took place a few years ago were about $30 million each I seem to recall (for run-of-the-mill, non-connecting, average-sized stations). These are the nice ones that are like 72nd on the A, most of the Astoria N stops, etc. A much larger station like Chambers I could see being 50 million+ if it’s of the same caliber renovation.
(I agree with everyone that it’s still ridiculous that this can’t be overall cheaper, just saying that it seems in line/consistent with previous projects)
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About time. Chambers is ghastly. They need to do Bowery next.
It wasn’t a full renovation, just ADA accessibility upgrades and honestly, they should have done a full renovation when they did the ADA upgrades. It’d probably be cheaper too.
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Yep. Exactly my point.
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Are these barriers a waste of money and a distraction from things that will actually help?
Look at this sequence of events:
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Grimy 70s era stations get a “deep clean”.
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The 7 train platform at Grand Central needs a lot of similar TLC.
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