Every story and comment from the Hacker News API, in a layout borrowed from 2001.
A comment on The Subway Doesn't Have to Be Hot and Gross. Parent comment
In R62s, doors are parallel to each other on each side of the car. [1]
However, it was found that because passengers like to crowd at doors, passengers wishing to exit from either side would just crowd in the same place.
To ease crowding, the NTTs have wider, offset doors, so that not everybody is standing in the same place [2]
The gap fillers at Union Square are very long, which is why they can line up with multiple door positions. [3]
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R62_(New_York_City_Subway_car)...
[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R142A_(New_York_City_Subway_ca...
[3] - https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rHyfbrJ8ge4/maxresdefault.jpg
There are no comments on this comment yet.
In R62s, doors are parallel to each other on each side of the car. [1]
However, it was found that because passengers like to crowd at doors, passengers wishing to exit from either side would just crowd in the same place.
To ease crowding, the NTTs have wider, offset doors, so that not everybody is standing in the same place [2]
The gap fillers at Union Square are very long, which is why they can line up with multiple door positions. [3]
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R62_(New_York_City_Subway_car)...
[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R142A_(New_York_City_Subway_ca...
[3] - https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rHyfbrJ8ge4/maxresdefault.jpg