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MaybeSecondBestMan t1_j7grv9a wrote

Reply to comment by Donny_Crane in MTA unveils new sleek, high-tech subway cars — here’s what lines are getting them by nemoid

Comeback of the decade. Though I wonder if these open passageway cars will be a blessing or a curse. Now you can enjoy showtime from three cars away. And no sense in avoiding the empty car with somebody nodding off in a puddle of their own piss and shit—it’s all one car now. “We’re all in this together” will never be more true of the daily subway commute.

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EWC_2015 t1_j7gu9z1 wrote

Now instead of the "jump out at the next station and rush to the next car to escape the crazy yelling guy threatening to kill everyone" experience, you get the "rush back and forth down an entire train length for the duration of the commute because now there's nowhere to go!" experience.

I guess it'll be good for your exercise regimen.

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MaybeSecondBestMan t1_j7gx27c wrote

I was on the A the other night when an older woman started slamming her shopping trolly against the doors and screaming at the top of her lungs. The girl next to me looked at me and shook her head, “We gotta get the fuck out of New York.”

Now we can’t even get out of the car!

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AffectionateSoup2011 t1_j7k60qo wrote

I see her every 3rd time I'm on the A train btw.... She loxes to randomly scream very loudly too for no reason.

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DeepThinkingMachine t1_j7n9tti wrote

Nuts usually do this when they have a captive audience. Same reason random folks blast their music for no apparent reason. People sane or insane want attention they’re not getting anywhere else

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bigdocksmallrock t1_j7j2lh6 wrote

In practice I think when they studied this they observed fewer crazy people everywhere this open gangway design was implemented. It seems that the crazy people felt emboldened by the fact that there was only a few people in the room them the doors shut.

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SonicMuaytime t1_j7kj130 wrote

Im honestly glad that I will feel less trapped when my cars subway doors won’t open-might not be logical but still. And the cameras? That’s amazing! I wish they would add cameras to even the old trains

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DeepThinkingMachine t1_j7na05c wrote

Cameras that will be broken by end of day 1? MTA cameras don’t even work in the station, you think they’ll function on the subway?

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SonicMuaytime t1_j7nb8sb wrote

They work in dôme stations. And i thought the same thing about Omni but shockingly they still going strong.

Im a lifetime New Yorker and I hate to have hope but I admit I kinda want to

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[deleted] t1_j7hdgj9 wrote

Only two trains out of the entire order have the open-gangway design, so it won't be too easy to gauge how successful they are here. The upcoming A division order (R262) is going to be open gangway-only apparently, but that's several years off

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RyzinEnagy t1_j7ki66y wrote

With all the train noise you'll hardly hear Showtime three or four cars away. What's more likely is that they'll be offended when ppl start walking away from their performances. Or Showtime dies altogether idk.

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djphan2525 t1_j7hs1z3 wrote

i imagine the benefits will outweigh the risks especially with the number of accidents that involved changing cars that will now completely be gone...

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woodcider t1_j7ijl6n wrote

Seems like a lot of those accidents involved people peeing between cars. Now they’ll just pee inside the cars. That’s better I guess.

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