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And where would you put it? Anywhere you can think of would just be another (usually narrower) bottleneck. In most stations, every available inch of width is u
by lazide 1y ago
And where would you put it? Anywhere you can think of would just be another (usually narrower) bottleneck.
In most stations, every available inch of width is used for these ‘gates’, and people move at a walking pace through them except for when people screw up. It’s a remarkably effective system.
- AshamedCaptain 1y agoSee https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44014412 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44014412 to merge discussions.
- lazide 1y agoIt doesn’t work in high traffic areas, because the tap areas become impossible to get to if people actually use them - same bottle neck problem. On busses they are de-facto soft gates, assuming the bus driver yells at you if you don’t use it - which often they do. And why would they give up that sweet sweet rush hour revenue?