From: David Mann
On Feb 24, 2013, at 6:40 AM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote:
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms
You know, it's a sad commentary on the state of the world today that my
first thought was those people are standing right where some idiot can
push them out onto the tracks.
When I'm waiting for the tube I'm always very aware of who is around and
behind me. It doesn't have to be deliberate - on a crowded platform it could
happen accidentally.
I saw on TV recently a shot of a subway station somewhere where they
had fully enclosed the platform with doors that match up with where
the train stops (imagine like a horizontal elevator). May have been
the series about great cities hosted by Gryff Rhys Jones. Something
tells me it was Tokyo but I'm not sure.
It made me wonder why other cities haven't done this.
Cheers,
Dave
The subways in Hong Kong and Beijing both had those kind of barriers. I
can't remember if Nanjing had them or not, but I think they did.
It would probably be *very* expensive to retro-fit them to existing
systems. You not only have to install the door mechanism, but find some
way to make the trains stop in exactly the right spot every time so they
line up with the doors.
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