• Recon112@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Knew that would be RMtransit. Great creator if you like transit topics or like to learn about infrastructure of the world around you. Weird though that they said 5 years ago that these were ‘unfeasible’ only to now do another study.( https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-skytrain-station-platform-screen-doors-feasibility) I bet what took them so long was the all the old trains are only just being started to be phased out with the mrk 4 trains. I guess they’ll have more consistent door positions once those old ones are gone. I’ll be happy to have fewer track intrusion sudden stops

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    Not from Vancouver but this seems like a good idea. Is track invasion a common enough problem to justify the cost in your experience?

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      A few weeks back I was out with my kids and heard about someone jumping in front of the train that day.

      All I could think was: what if a kid was sitting up front enjoying the ride and looking at the tracks? How would I deal with that if it were my kid?

      Sounds like a justified cost to me.

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        1 year ago

        Gotta be honest, I didn’t even think about people killing themselves I was thinking more people trying to do graffiti. Yeah that seems a justified cost

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      1 year ago

      I’ve definitely seen trains get stopped for such reasons… I really feel for the people who have to clean it up.

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        1 year ago

        Seems harder to pull someone off the tracks with these in place.

        I also hear people with no easy options will still find a way to accomplish their last goals.

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          1 year ago

          How are they going to end up on the tracks? Doors open after train stops and closes before train starts.

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            1 year ago

            I’m not saying it’ll be easy. Wasn’t it stadium where a guy hopped a barrier and fell onto the tracks from above?

            And each minute inside that aquarium will be so comfy in the summer.

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                1 year ago

                You’re saying “glass it up and A/C the place” as if that’s not like shooting oneself in the foot because crutches are fun?

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    That’s cool. Now you’ll know where the doors will be every time it stops.