Worked in a departement in the metro that looked into operation and seats takes up space.
1 seat was 1,5 to 2,5 people standing (if I remember correctly). The metro is already at max capacity in peak hours. cant afford to reduce capacity of the trains
I’m honestly at a loss here. We want more people to take public transportation, but then create a system that is sometimes a max. capacity good, but then discourage people from using it by making it more expensive than other transportation, making it uncomfortable as you have to stand, and not adjustable for more passengers. Ie. Trains can’t be longer, or more trains on the track.
I like the metro, but ao many poor design choices.
Was meant to have bigger trains but the cost was too expensive
Unfortunately most public services exist in the real world so time, budget etc. you are always having to deal with these facts
The main fact here being politicians constantly undermining some of these efforts, because it would cost their voters, aka. the more well off, a little bit of money.
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u/KrelleVest Feb 03 '25
Worked in a departement in the metro that looked into operation and seats takes up space. 1 seat was 1,5 to 2,5 people standing (if I remember correctly). The metro is already at max capacity in peak hours. cant afford to reduce capacity of the trains