Thursday, December 6, 2007

Metro unveils new designs for cars

introductions include carpetless cars and more bench seating. I would think both changes are a necessary evolution for the subway system with the second-highest ridership in the country. Here's the washington post article.

2 comments:

Andrew said...

it's about time! getting on an orange line train at rosslyn during rush hour is virtually impossible!

Anonymous said...

I think all features of the new cars are improvements, but I think there is a need for the traditional poles near the doors. For reasons I can't explain Metro trains jerk to a stop and jerk when starting up-- unlike other subway trains I have ridden in several other cities in the world. Without those poles people have nothing to hold onto, and do fall into each other.