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They had planned to run it unmanned, and did run it unmanned for a small period of time. People felt unsafe, so they re-manned it.
by yincrash 11y ago
They had planned to run it unmanned, and did run it unmanned for a small period of time. People felt unsafe, so they re-manned it.
- bogomipz 11y agoYeah? Please provide a citation? Was there an MTA survey that went out to the ridership of the L train? Did ridership experience a decline because it was an automated line? I'm pretty sure that none of that happened.
- yincrash 11y agoSorry, it was _just_ the removal of the conductor (the one in the middle of the train that opens and closes the door. That was enough to scare people. They did it in 2005 and tried again in 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/20/nyregion/on-l-train-drivers-perform-solo-without-conductors.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/20/nyregion/on-l-train-driver... http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/conductorless-train-f-article-1.581252 http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/conductorless-train... http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2009/02/subway_riders_slightly_freaked.html http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2009/02/subway_riders_s... The plan was to take out even the operator, but unions kept the train operator in. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20040624thursday.html http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/2...