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Only applies to trains with more than 2 carriages though. So it seems to apply to the busier routes. Is it for accessibility? Seems reasonable.
by AnotherGoodName 1y ago
Only applies to trains with more than 2 carriages though. So it seems to apply to the busier routes. Is it for accessibility? Seems reasonable.
- gruez 1y ago>Only applies to trains with more than 2 carriages though. So it seems to apply to the busier routes. Are you thinking of locomotives? When was the last time you saw a train with 2 carriages?
- AnotherGoodName 1y ago“Now, S4091 will require that A CONDUCTOR SHALL BE REQUIRED ON ANY SUBWAY OR TRAIN OPERATED BY THE AUTHORITY WHENEVER THE SUBWAY OR TRAIN HAS MORE THAN TWO CARS ATTACHED TO THE ENGINE THEREOF” Some subway trains have exactly 2 cars.
- kkysen 1y agoOnly the Franklin Shuttle has 2-car trains, and it'll soon be switched to 3 cars since they're replacing the 75 ft cars with 60 ft cars.
- djankauskas 1y agoCould you elaborate on accessibility? NYC conductors and operators on the subway don't help passengers get onto and off of the train. (Platforms are roughly level with trains.)
- AnotherGoodName 1y agoThinking more in terms of emergencies. Helpful to have someone there in those cases.
- djankauskas 1y agoFor longer trains you could make that case, though it should be the agency that makes that call, not politicians that don't have the information to make technical safety calls. Systems across the world don't seem to have issues here though. In any case, there's no world where one employee is enough for emergencies in two cars, but not enough in three, while two employees are sufficient in a train with ten cars.
- jksflkjl3jk3 1y agoDoesn't just about every passenger train have more than 2 carriages? I'd guess the average is closer to 10.
- AnotherGoodName 1y agoYou’re the second person to say this yet the article mentions specifically the 2 car trains the mta runs? I don’t get why this point is being jumped on. Yes as the article states there are 2 car trains.
- zerocrates 1y agoOK but the article also says: - There's only one 2-car line, the Franklin Ave. Shuttle - That line is converting to have 3-car trains. So to begin with, the set of small enough trains is the tiniest portion of everything the subway does, not even covering all the small "shuttle" lines. And then even that tiny exception is set to end. Big difference between "applies to the busier routes" and "applies to essentially all the routes."
- SoftTalker 1y agoDuring off hours and overnight trains are much shorter.
- kkysen 1y agoThe article counts all the off peak and overnight trains, including shuttles. Even out of all of that, only the Franklin Shuttle is 2 cars and will soon be switching to 3 cars.