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Re: [Bloomberg news] ... MTA vs. WMATA: Why Metro Is Terrible |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Sat Jul 21 16:22:39 2012, in response to [Bloomberg news] ... MTA vs. WMATA: Why Metro Is Terrible, posted by Gold_12TH on Fri Jul 20 18:19:23 2012. The two complaints, ATO and escalator availability have to do with design decisions made back in the 1970's, not with how WMATA is managed. Current manual operation woes are split into two groups. The first is a cover-your-ass stance since the 2009 accident. The ATO is not broken, but if the vital ATC system sometimes stops detecting trains then Metro wants an operator that is looking ahead and might be in a position to stop on sight. However that only applies to 2, 4 and 6 car train run outside of peak periods when manual operation does not decrease capacity. During peak periods 8 car trains have never been able to operate under ATO because the ATO technology the system was built with in 1976 can't ensure that a train that long can hit platform properly. Second the escalators all break down because the system made design choices to use escalators in place of stairs at almost all locations with overwhelms the agency with broken escalators because there are more of them to break down, but also because they are put in places where they can be rained on. |
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