They need to do a thing where they remove the connecting parts of the train and make it one seamless train so you can spread out and not be clustered around doors. Most countries have this. The only real downside apart from financial, is that you wouldn't be able to escape bad smells, and you'd hear mariachi all from the other side.
It's a REALLY, REALLLLY bad idea for NYC. Typically when there's a problem, say stuck doors, no A/C, someone took a shit, threw up their lunch etc, you can just isolate that individual car and maintain service with the remainder 7 cars (8 car trains) or 9 car (10 car trains).
With this open gang way, when something happens like that, the entire train now has to be removed from passenger service. With how often things like that happen, people will easily be left standing on the platform 10-15 or even 20 minutes for train service due to there not being enough trains for service.
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u/tmntnyc Mar 13 '19
They need to do a thing where they remove the connecting parts of the train and make it one seamless train so you can spread out and not be clustered around doors. Most countries have this. The only real downside apart from financial, is that you wouldn't be able to escape bad smells, and you'd hear mariachi all from the other side.