Comments on: Ahead of New York, Boston starts seatless car experiment http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/12/09/ahead-of-new-york-boston-starts-seatless-car-experiment/ A New York City Subway Blog Fri, 25 May 2012 12:39:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: theloosh http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/12/09/ahead-of-new-york-boston-starts-seatless-car-experiment/#comment-57659 theloosh Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:10:26 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1783#comment-57659 The Chicago 'L' got seatless "MAX" cars in September: http://ww.transitchicago.com/news/ctaandpress.wu?action=displayarticledetail&articleid=131368 They found we couldn't go completely seatless though because subway cars aren't engineered for that, so they took out half the seats. The Chicago Tribune was very negative about the change all the way up to its implementation. They were very surprised when public reaction was overwhelming positive upon their debut. The Chicago Transit Authority is also experimenting with taking out seats on buses on busier routes. The Chicago ‘L’ got seatless “MAX” cars in September:

http://ww.transitchicago.com/n.....eid=131368

They found we couldn’t go completely seatless though because subway cars aren’t engineered for that, so they took out half the seats.

The Chicago Tribune was very negative about the change all the way up to its implementation. They were very surprised when public reaction was overwhelming positive upon their debut.

The Chicago Transit Authority is also experimenting with taking out seats on buses on busier routes.

]]> By: Skip Skipson http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/12/09/ahead-of-new-york-boston-starts-seatless-car-experiment/#comment-57633 Skip Skipson Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:04:56 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1783#comment-57633 It's certainly a cheaper way to increase capacity. Will this force riders to move to the middle of the car now? If/when this happens there can be a new complaint that the fares are going up and they are taking away the seats! It’s certainly a cheaper way to increase capacity. Will this force riders to move to the middle of the car now?

If/when this happens there can be a new complaint that the fares are going up and they are taking away the seats!

]]> By: rhywun http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/12/09/ahead-of-new-york-boston-starts-seatless-car-experiment/#comment-57632 rhywun Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:56:04 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1783#comment-57632 If I'm gonna be standing, I'd rather do it in a car where everyone else is standing, than in a regular car full of young punks spreading themselves over two seats apiece and throwing their legs in the aisle.... If I’m gonna be standing, I’d rather do it in a car where everyone else is standing, than in a regular car full of young punks spreading themselves over two seats apiece and throwing their legs in the aisle….

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