"Graham Harrison" wrote in message
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"MIG" wrote in message
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On Jul 17, 6:47 am, "Graham Harrison"
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...in-seats-webju...

It's a story about removing *all* seats from some carriages on some
trains
because of overcrowding.

The effectiveness depends on a lot more than just removing seats.

Like, is there anything to hold on to? Are there sloping walls that
make it difficult to squash up to the edge? Are there chunky
obstructions all over the place that also make it difficult to squash
up? Is the space only useable if half the people haven't got legs or
haven't got a top half to their body?

Based on the example of Jubilee Line stock and 376s, we'd probably
invent seatless trains with even less capacity that seated ones.

Doesn't say. Simply refers to "ripping out seats".

Chicago's CTA trains have upright walls, no sloping. As a frequent rider, I
find it humorous the CTA is just now discovering that rush hour is "tight".
Been that way for years.

Rich