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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
At some point the city has to accept that the current station designs are not safe and changing (under/over passes) them is necessary. It's easy for myself and many others to say 'how stupid do you have to be to get hit by a train?' - But it is clear by now that some genuinely do not understand how these walkways function. I assume they treat it like an roadway cross walk, where it is customary for cars to yield to pedestrians.
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Originally Posted by Kavvy
I can't tell if I agree with this.
People need to take some responsibility for their own safety.
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They do, but at the same time, this is just going to keep happening over, and over, and over. The question is, is it worth it to put the cost down to make these stations grade separated, or accept the cost of these frequent incidents?
I know for 36 street at least, that line should be grade separated anyway since there would be more gain than just pedestrian safety alone.
I don't know how much locked gates would help, but it's probably something to be seriously considered, if it hasn't been already. It can't be fully locked though, since it would need to be something you can open from inside the track side. You don't want to trap the pedestrian from getting hit by the train after all.