Agreed

People are so negative 😂😂😂

For 2. The smell won’t travel far if the new train has very good ventilation and filters, also since the one car is much bigger you can escape the smell by moving to the other side of the car . In the unlikely event that somebody is following you is easy for the conductor to notice you, think of it as a big underground bus .

The 1 is also pretty bad especially at South Ferry

It's a cool looking train design. It's a shame that these trains probably won't come into the Bronx anytime soon 😅

There’s one in my neighborhood. It’s been open for a few months, maybe 6?

The decision makers on this are clueless.

No one needs open gangways between cars. We know to spread out on the platform.

No one needs red and green light indicators to warn of the train's departure. It's the subway, not the LIRR.

Wider doors just mean fewer seats.

"Additional accessible seating" - how many wheelchair bound people will be in one train car? Between poor elevator coverage and wheelchair bound active adults being a small percent of the population, I think the current cars have enough flip up seats or space at the ends.

"Brighter lighting and signage" - hopefully not compared to the more recent trains. They're already as bright as the sun compared to the older models still running on the R line.

Surprised its not already happened

That actually doesn't feel very expensive, considering how many people will ride that second of track over its useful life

Maybe they could consider doing something about that. Just a thought.

Guess I’ll be killing myself then

Fantastic

When the IRT opened, the Mayor was given the honor of operating the first train. The engineer and the IRT president were in the cabin, trying to find the right words to inform the mayor his speed was unsafe without pissing off this politically important figure. Supposedly he was like a child with a new toy, and refused for a short while to yield control. What were they going to do, kick him out?

I'd like to see Adams or Hochul operate the inaugural trains. Not cause I like them, but because I'd like to see it established as a historical tradition. A nice perk of the office. "Actually get something upgraded, and we'll let you play with the trains for an hour."

I was on the inaugural ride. By accident. I was taking my baby to the doctors office (he’s fine). I didn’t think the train was so great

It's depressingly sad that we have to consider such things, but our elected officials won't reconsider a rule made 246+ years ago by a group of dead aristocratic land-owning white men who owned slaves.

It feels like this design was a product of the pre-COVID times when we were all packed in like sardines, ridership kept creeping higher and higher with less comfortable commutes. We have lower ridership now and riders aren't as interested in more standing room. We want more seats and a more relaxing setting. Rather than reevaluate user needs, they just plowed ahead anyway.

No platform barrier as usual

TIL that 12 is old enough to be prosecuted as an adult

I've seen Pat Lynch, I assume he will personally handle the eating with that big mouth of his

It’s fucked up but one of the first things I thought is that an open gangway gives a shooter a clear line of sight to shoot down an entire train.

And to add cops who see other police do these things and don’t report it? But this guy will never straight up address things like this. The most he’ll give is a few bad apples nonsense vs systemic critique because the boot licking is too strong.

So 5-10 years before it gets to the FGNR lines?

I also thought it sounded silly. Especially as someone looking at financial statements all day.

Just looked it up, it’s step 4 in testing new trains.

Where? Sounds awesome.

Yeah but on E, they’re just sleeping not bothering anyone. I’ve had crazy men try to attack me on A. Anyways, any train without doors is a nightmare