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Celticsddtacct t1_j92p015 wrote

Reply to comment by willzyx01 in Man dies after touching 3rd rail at MBTA's Downtown Crossing station by riski_click

While all true, safety barriers are used in other parts of the world to great success. Just another example of the sad state of the mbta

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nerdponx t1_j92qc0t wrote

This just seems like a low priority investment compared to getting the trains actually working consistently and paying conductors fairly. this is a rare accident anyway, it just doesn't seem worth it from a cost benefit perspective.

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anarchy8 t1_j92z859 wrote

There wouldn't be any conductors if we had modern trains and signaling systems.

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spedmunki t1_j94ms3l wrote

Copenhagen trains are completely automated and run 24/7

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WaitOk4606 t1_j95c5o2 wrote

But that's in a first world country

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IDCFFSGTFO t1_j95qje1 wrote

When you roll over and play dead for the Nazis, you end up with really good rail systems.

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WaitOk4606 t1_j960xy0 wrote

Spare me. America has committed plenty of war crimes and atrocities and we don't have a functioning transportation system.

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spedmunki t1_j9a68a8 wrote

Their metro began operation in 2002, dingus

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IDCFFSGTFO t1_j9a9v8o wrote

Sure and they were the first trains they'd ever seen.

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Doctrina_Stabilitas t1_j9ajs92 wrote

The unions at other cities like Toronto where the capability has been introduced right against that

New York can run on one perso opposition but the union successfully fought the elimination of the second conductor with a massive strike a while back

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free_to_muse t1_j93djy2 wrote

Lots of subway systems work wonderfully and don’t have safety barriers. Why pick on the MBTA.

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Anxa t1_j944fmx wrote

It's kind of a "yeah both" situation. Safety barriers would be better. But absent them, it's very much you have to be trying to touch the third rail.

Not directly relevant but I remember one time the red line broke down between central and Kendall, and we had to walk back to central. They had these alarm things set up on the third rail all over the place that presumably would light up if they detected current. None of us went anywhere near it regardless.

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