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Originally Posted by MattyC
This is just a function of the faux seats they have there, which are ridiculous. They don't let you create your own space, you have to sit in the allotted spot. Just a bad idea. Straight bench seats will have people mostly sitting where it's comfortable.
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This is a good thing though.
Trains exist in two states -- Empty so that not all seats are filled and packed -- people are touching each other standing up. (yes there is a transition period but it is very short). So to design for these two environments you make the allotted seating as tight as possible so it can handle the most people it can in the packed case. The comfort of the seated passengers is sacrificed for more standing room.
In the empty case you can have space between people so the small seats aren't an issue.
I think straight bench seats would reduce the capacity of each train car by about 10 people (2.5 people per bench x 4 benches per train). And since the seats on each bench right now are always filled the tiny bench seats are still more sought after than standing therefore improving their comfort is unnecessary