And here in Delhi, we can even travel in the entire train from car to car without any barrier.
On 10/18/16, Mahendra Galani <gal...@chello.at> wrote: > here in Vienna, we have in new metro car, with having a barrier, > further we can simply walk in the trane, and almost there is no gap. > > > At 10:54 AM 10/18/2016 +0530, you wrote: >>Metro to retro-fit 7000-series railcars to >>prevent visually-impaired riders from falling >>between them >>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2016/10/10/metro-to-retro-fit-7000-series-railcars-to-protect-visually-impaired-riders-from-falling-between-cars/ >> >>A train prepares to depart from Pentagon Metro >>station. (Photo by Matt McClain/ The Washington >>Post) After a series of safety concerns, Metro >>will pay to retrofit nearly 200 of the >>system’s brand-new 7000-series railcars with >>chain barriers to help prevent people with >>impaired vision from falling between cars. The >>decision, first reported by WAMU, came after >>concerns were raised by the Federal Transit >>Administration about the safety of the new >>design — and after aa blind passenger reported >>plummeting into the gap while trying to board a >>Red Line train. Currently, some of the gaps >>between the new railcars are equipped with >>rubber barriers — a change in design from what >>had been used on previous train models. For the >>1000-6000 series trains, all of the gaps feature >>a pair of chains clipped to the car on either >>side, meant to alert a person waving a hand or a >>cane that they should not move forward. But the >>rubber barricades on the 7000-series cars are >>set further back from the platform, and there >>are nine inches of space in the middle, between >>each side of the barrier — enoughh space that a >>blind person brandishing a cane in front of them >>might fail to realize that the gap isn’t a >>doorway. [Metro’s 7000-series rail cars make >>eagerly awaited debut on Blue Line] Metro >>officials say the rubber barricade is compliant >>with federal disabilities regulations, but they >>decided to conduct further tests on the >>effectiveness of the new barriers after the FTA >>sent a letter in June that bolstered the >>concerns of advocates for people with >>disabilities and requested further analysis. >>“While the analysis concluded that the >>existing style of the between-car barriers are >>safe and detectableMetro has decided to >>standardize the 7000-series fleet to use the >>same chain barriers that are found on the legacy >>fleet,†Metro spokeswoman Morgan Dye said. >>Dye said that Metro officials have already >>alerted the railcar manufacturer, Kawasaki, to >>begin installing the chain barriers on all >>future railcars delivered to the system. But >>Metro will have to pay to retrofit all of the >>cars currently in the system — 192, as of early >>September— and the process ss will take until >>the end of 2017, Dye said. She did not say how >>much the retrofit would cost. [Delivery of >>Metro’s new 7000-series rail cars back on >>track] The risks of the rubber barriers became >>clear in July, when D.C. resident David Kosub >>tried to board a train at Grosvenor station. >>Kosub recounted his experience to WAMU: “It >>felt normal. I put out my hand on the train >>itself, took a step and fell literally in the >>gap that I thought was the entrance into the >>train,†said Kosub. “But it was the gap >>between two train cars that was a perfect, >>David-sized hole.†Tall and thin, Kosub >>suddenly found himself beneath the platform and >>in between two loud, massive machines, he said. >>Although it was during the middle of the day, >>the Red Line rider said no one saw him fall or >>heard him scream for help. He feared the train >>would start moving any second, crushing him. >>“This was the closest I have ever been to >>feeling like I was going to die. And I have been >>in some harrowing accidents before but never one >>where I found myself that close,†he said. >>Kosub said he placed his hands on the platform >>and pulled himself up and off the track bed just >>before the train departed. He was not injured, >>and two Metro station personnel helped him >>retrieve his cane from the tracks, he said. But >>the risk of visually-impaired riders falling >>between railcars has come up before — and it >>took years of advocacy work before Metro began >>putting devices in place to help prevent >>tragedies from happening. A blind man was killed >>when he fell between two railcars and onto the >>tracks at Court House station in July 1990. In >>July 1990, a 69-year-old blind man died when he >>fell between two cars at Court House Metro >>station; the operator failed to notice the >>passengers yelling and screaming as she closed >>the train’s doors and pulled away from the >>station. A jury later ordered Metro to pay the >>man’s family more than $500,000 in damages. In >>October 1997, a 56-year-old man with poor >>eyesight stepped into the gap between railcars, >>and fell underneath the train. No one saw him >>fall, and the train moved off, crushing the man. >>At the time of his death, the Washington Post >>reported that the issue was becoming an >>increasing concern: Brown’s death was >>Metro’s third fatality involving a visually >>impaired rider who had fallen between rail cars, >>and it points to the challenges that disabled >>riders face in riding the system. Many cues that >>are provided for Metro’s 2,500 blind riders, >>such as the granite platform edges or the bumpy >>tiles that the transit agency plans to install >>along platforms to mark danger, don’t help >>visually impaired riders distinguish between >>open doors and the gaps between cars. “It’s >>a problem that Metro has acknowledged,†said >>Julie Carroll, a lobbyist for the American >>Council of the Blind. “We have asked for some >>sort of barrier between the cars, chains, or >>some kind of accordion barrier so you wouldn’t >>be able to fall through between the cars.†>>Nearly 100 new rail cars that should be in >>service by the end of the decade will have such >>barriers, according to Metro spokeswoman Leona >>Agouridis. The barriers are required on new cars >>under federal law. In February 1997, a man >>hurrying to board a train at Van Dorn during the >>morning rush hour fell between the two cars and >>onto the tracks. “He swung his stick where the >>cars are attached and took a step, thinking it >>was the door,†Stephanie Ford, a passenger on >>the train, told the Post at the time. “He >>bumped up against the car I was in as he fell, >>and I could see him on the track.†He was >>rescued by the train operator and several >>passengers, who lifted him out of the gap and >>onto the platform without injury. [For Metro >>riders with disabilities, safety concerns and >>SafeTrack cause growing dread] In addition to >>adding chains between train cars in the 1990s, >>Metro took other steps to try to prevent similar >>incidents — including brroadcasting >>announcements from the doorways of the trains, >>indicating to people with disabilities that it >>was safe to enter and giving them an audio cue >>of where the doors were located. 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