Comments on: Cameras and intercoms to replace fired agents http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/07/29/to-replace-fired-agents-working-cameras-and-intercoms/ A New York City Subway Blog Sat, 26 May 2012 12:21:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A new intercom system, five years in the making :: Second Ave. Sagas http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/07/29/to-replace-fired-agents-working-cameras-and-intercoms/#comment-98754 A new intercom system, five years in the making :: Second Ave. Sagas Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:57:24 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=6545#comment-98754 [...] Metro and amNew York — reported on a new initiative by New York City Transit that would bring high-tech intercoms into the subway system. Billed as a way to improve passenger safety while lending the subways the [...] [...] Metro and amNew York — reported on a new initiative by New York City Transit that would bring high-tech intercoms into the subway system. Billed as a way to improve passenger safety while lending the subways the [...]

]]> By: To repair station intercoms, a long wait or just a high average? :: Second Ave. Sagas http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/07/29/to-replace-fired-agents-working-cameras-and-intercoms/#comment-89490 To repair station intercoms, a long wait or just a high average? :: Second Ave. Sagas Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:01:38 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=6545#comment-89490 [...] MTA is gearing up to install a series of intercoms every 150-200 feet along platforms at stations without agents, but what happens when this technology goes down? That’s the [...] [...] MTA is gearing up to install a series of intercoms every 150-200 feet along platforms at stations without agents, but what happens when this technology goes down? That’s the [...]

]]> By: Andrew http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/07/29/to-replace-fired-agents-working-cameras-and-intercoms/#comment-88803 Andrew Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:08:09 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=6545#comment-88803 http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/123249/rider-catches-mta-booth-worker-snoozing-on-the-job If station agents are so critical for safety, why isn't the TWU pushing to have this one fired immediately? http://www.ny1.com/content/top.....on-the-job

If station agents are so critical for safety, why isn’t the TWU pushing to have this one fired immediately?

]]> By: Andrew http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/07/29/to-replace-fired-agents-working-cameras-and-intercoms/#comment-88402 Andrew Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:34:23 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=6545#comment-88402 Station agents are trained to see around corners? Funny how a safety argument is being advanced primarily by a labor union. Could it be that they have an ulterior motive of some sort? There have been many booth unstaffings within the past 10 years. How has the crime rate at those stations changed compared with the crime rate at stations that have kept all of their booths? Station agents are trained to see around corners?

Funny how a safety argument is being advanced primarily by a labor union. Could it be that they have an ulterior motive of some sort?

There have been many booth unstaffings within the past 10 years. How has the crime rate at those stations changed compared with the crime rate at stations that have kept all of their booths?

]]> By: Paulp521 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/07/29/to-replace-fired-agents-working-cameras-and-intercoms/#comment-88397 Paulp521 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:17:05 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=6545#comment-88397 Ever hear of Kitty Genovese? To tell me it is better to have a customer handle an emergency than someone with even a modicum of training is not an answer at all. To have someone who knows the system, is familiar with the processes involved and whose responsibility it is to handle an emergency is far better than what has been proposed. The argument has always been about customer safety and still is and will be as events prove this out. The money being saved is minimal the potential for life saving intervention is enormous. Google Micheal Steinberg (am NY) for proof. Ever hear of Kitty Genovese? To tell me it is better to have a customer handle an emergency than someone with even a modicum of training is not an answer at all. To have someone who knows the system, is familiar with the processes involved and whose responsibility it is to handle an emergency is far better than what has been proposed. The argument has always been about customer safety and still is and will be as events prove this out. The money being saved is minimal the potential for life saving intervention is enormous. Google Micheal Steinberg (am NY) for proof.

]]> By: Andrew http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/07/29/to-replace-fired-agents-working-cameras-and-intercoms/#comment-88356 Andrew Tue, 03 Aug 2010 03:34:21 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=6545#comment-88356 No, somebody else on the platform. You know, somebody in a position to actually see what's going on, unlike the station agent, who's inside a booth with a view of about 10% of the platform, at best, so who probably has no idea anything's going on. Not that it makes much of a difference if he's dead already. No, somebody else on the platform. You know, somebody in a position to actually see what’s going on, unlike the station agent, who’s inside a booth with a view of about 10% of the platform, at best, so who probably has no idea anything’s going on.

Not that it makes much of a difference if he’s dead already.

]]> By: Paulp http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/07/29/to-replace-fired-agents-working-cameras-and-intercoms/#comment-88324 Paulp Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:57:50 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=6545#comment-88324 So who uses the intercom? The person bleeding to death? So who uses the intercom? The person bleeding to death?

]]> By: Andrew http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/07/29/to-replace-fired-agents-working-cameras-and-intercoms/#comment-88250 Andrew Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:26:41 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=6545#comment-88250 No, that's exactly my point: a station agent is not a security guard. Calling the police doesn't stop someone from bleeding to death. (And most of the platform is out of view of the booth anyway. I'd rather have an intercom every 150 feet.) No, that’s exactly my point: a station agent is not a security guard.

Calling the police doesn’t stop someone from bleeding to death. (And most of the platform is out of view of the booth anyway. I’d rather have an intercom every 150 feet.)

]]> By: Paulp521 http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/07/29/to-replace-fired-agents-working-cameras-and-intercoms/#comment-88235 Paulp521 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:24:57 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=6545#comment-88235 poor point Andrew, the agent in question did excatly what they were supposed to do : call the police. You also forgot to mention the Station Agent that just got sent to the Hospital defending a woman being attacked about 2 weeks ago in Queens. Just for fun try the new emergency communication system when a train goes through the station....you can hear nothing and neither can the people on the other end. Good luck my man and put your lawyer on speed dial. poor point Andrew, the agent in question did excatly what they were supposed to do : call the police.
You also forgot to mention the Station Agent that just got sent to the Hospital defending a woman being attacked about 2 weeks ago in Queens.
Just for fun try the new emergency communication system when a train goes through the station….you can hear nothing and neither can the people on the other end.
Good luck my man and put your lawyer on speed dial.

]]> By: Andrew http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/07/29/to-replace-fired-agents-working-cameras-and-intercoms/#comment-87924 Andrew Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:32:33 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=6545#comment-87924 You mean like that rape in Queens a few years back on the station agent's watch? You mean like that rape in Queens a few years back on the station agent’s watch?

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