Post by gato on Jan 26, 2022 6:48:50 GMT -5
I used to ride the subway in New York, many years ago. I only sampled a few of the 470 stations, but still it didn't seem THAT hard to avoid being killed by an arriving train. But look at this:
"The Metropolitan Transportation Authority recorded 169 collisions between trains and people in 2020 — 63 of them fatal, according to The City, a nonprofit news outlet. In the previous year there were 62 deadly collisions." (600 million passengers in 2020 vs 1.5 billion ordinarily)
Interest in subway deaths was stirred in the last few weeks due to a couple of pushed-onto-the-tracks incidents, but the deaths have always been there. I don't know if leaping in front of a subway train is "better" than jumping off a bridge or building to end it all, but people still do it. As far as other incidents .. I guess you could say they are exceedingly rare, given the numbers, but still more likely than winning the Powerball. (Is skateboarding allowed on subway platforms?)
There is discussion afoot of building barriers, as done in other subway countries: you're more likely to be killed in Japan by a commuter stampede than from falling on the tracks. But officials here say the cost would be astronomical. Any subway riders here? What do you see as the pitfalls for the average commuter?
"The Metropolitan Transportation Authority recorded 169 collisions between trains and people in 2020 — 63 of them fatal, according to The City, a nonprofit news outlet. In the previous year there were 62 deadly collisions." (600 million passengers in 2020 vs 1.5 billion ordinarily)
Interest in subway deaths was stirred in the last few weeks due to a couple of pushed-onto-the-tracks incidents, but the deaths have always been there. I don't know if leaping in front of a subway train is "better" than jumping off a bridge or building to end it all, but people still do it. As far as other incidents .. I guess you could say they are exceedingly rare, given the numbers, but still more likely than winning the Powerball. (Is skateboarding allowed on subway platforms?)
There is discussion afoot of building barriers, as done in other subway countries: you're more likely to be killed in Japan by a commuter stampede than from falling on the tracks. But officials here say the cost would be astronomical. Any subway riders here? What do you see as the pitfalls for the average commuter?
