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TeamMisha t1_iy2kkea wrote

The chair thing still gets harped on when Penn does not have public seating either outside of the LIRR and Amtrak ticketed waiting room and within restaurants. No shit they don't want homeless people. Yeah it would be nice to be able to sit while I wait for a train on the general concourse but it's not my biggest gripe with the station tbh. I agree the waiting room should be bigger and be 24/7 and add some kind of way for family member or anyone waiting for someone on an arriving train (not that hard to tell apart someone waiting vs a bum).

My bigger gripes are that the main area IMO should have been designed with dedicated queue space near each escalator so it's not a free for all, and perhaps have built even more escalators if possible. They could have maybe been more bold and lower the entire concourse to be closer to track level so it's quicker to get to the platform. The platform width I know remains the big problem which I'm annoyed this project did nothing to address.

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lupuscapabilis t1_iy4f911 wrote

>The chair thing still gets harped on when Penn does not have public seating either outside of the LIRR and Amtrak ticketed waiting room and within restaurants. No shit they don't want homeless people

Why is Philly able to supply plenty of seating in their station without the homeless problem?

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lets_go_whale t1_iy4j7mm wrote

Probably thanks to location mainly. 30th Street Station is located relatively more removed from the most crowded areas of Philly whereas Moynihan/Penn is smack dab in the busiest part of the busiest city in the country where homeless tend to coalesce.

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TeamMisha t1_iy5y5ke wrote

What do you mean without? Maybe it changed but I used to be in that station almost daily maybe about 4-5 years ago and there was plenty of them. I never encountered any as crazy as the ones in Penn but there were certainly plenty of folks sleeping in there on the benches. But yeah maybe it has changed in more recent history

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avd706 t1_iy3shfa wrote

Only way to realistically wooden the platforms is to eliminate tracks.

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