Re: Redbird Visit Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC

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From: John Mara
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 00:50

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"Tim Kynerd" <tim@tram.nu> wrote in message
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> Overcrowding will always be a problem on any rapid transit system from
time
> to time, even if there is plenty of rolling stock and frequent service in
> the peak.  It's even the case that on any given day, some trains are going
> to be quite crowded, while others will have relatively few people.  As
long
> as that's true, the only solution to the problem of people clustering
around
> the doors is to provide more doors.  (Note that this is a much narrower
> problem than overcrowding in general, even though crowding on the cars is
a
> contributing factor to this problem.)

With the R 110 demonstrators NYCTA tried having nothing to hold on to near
the doors to encourage people to move in.  This was not too popular and the
production R142 cars have hand holds near the doors.

John Mara

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