More feelers on seatless cars

Two weeks ago, we talked about the MTA’s plan to install flip seats in subway cars in order to maximize rush hour train capacity. Today, The Times takes a look at the plan. While Javier C. Hernandez’s article doesn’t offer up any information we didn’t already have, it does seem as though the MTA is trying to gauge the public’s reaction to this plan before setting a timetable for its implementation. My blind guess is that by the end of the year, we’ll see test cars with flip seating in place along the East Side IRT.