On Tuesday (Jan. 18), Acting President of the Metropolitan Transportation Department (MTA) Janno Lieber said that after the death of an Asian woman at the Times Square subway station pushed off the tracks, the Metropolitan Transportation Department will explore the installation of guard doors on the platform.
According to the New York Post, Lieber pointed out that the proposal to install preventive push and shove protective doors on subway platforms had attracted opposition from the Metropolitan Transportation Department, which was accused of being too complicated and expensive at the time, so installing protective doors on subway platforms faced huge obstacles. The age of the metro system, the ventilation of the metro station and the simplicity of ensuring the platform are all potential obstacles to the installation of protective doors.
Lieber said the recently formed "track trespass" working group is exploring the feasibility of installing guardrails.
Experts say the investment is worth it.
Metropolitan Transportation Department officials repeatedly considered installing protective doors, but eventually gave up.
On Monday (January 17), Andy Byford, former president of the Metropolitan Transportation Department, said in an email that he had considered installing protective doors during his time at the Metropolitan Transportation Department, but abandoned the idea of installing protective doors in order to improve the quality of service, improve the signaling system and speed up service.
Byford pointed out that the proposal to install protective doors on subway platforms should not be ruled out, especially when building new subway stations.
So far, however, the Metropolitan Transportation Department has not considered installing protective doors on the platform when building new subway stations, and there is no project to install protective doors on the platform in the current $55 billion improvement plan.
(Compiler: HS)
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