Davis T station has been Charlie converted

[ron_newman]

As of this morning, the Davis T station has been converted to Charlie gates.

Comments

[matthew miller (from livejournal.com)]

The main thing I'm happy about is the automatic handicapped exit. Before, with a stroller, I had to wait until someone in the booth deigned to notice me and hit the release. More than once, I'd make eye contact and indicate that I needed out, and the booth person would WAVE DISMISSIVELY. Argh.

(Aside: getting around the T with a little kid is annoying enough, but basically is a voluntary condition. It makes me really sympathetic to those who have no choice. Man is the T awful at accessibility issues.)

[ron_newman]

what's not so good are gates labelled with wheelchair symbols, that lead only to stairways. Not a problem at Davis, but I've seen them at Kendall, Central, and Park Street. Maybe they've fixed this by now.

[capsicumanuum.livejournal.com]

Ugh. I can see why they'd want the extra wide gates even at exits that don't have elevators (travellers with large bags, families with strollers), but some advance warning for out-of-towners would be nice.

[lissie930.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with you on this one!

The thing I've seen is a huge increase in litter as people deposit their cards on the ground on the other side of the gates. That's a bummer.

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

Looks like South Station just finally began putting out makeshift recycling bins for used cards...I hope they do this at all the stations.

[capsicumanuum.livejournal.com]

The right way to do it is for the machines to just keep cards that have no more money on them. That's how the train system in Japan works (sort of), so there's no worry about litter everywhere.

(I say sort of because you need your ticket to get out of the station at your destination, since fares are all distance based rather than flat rate like they are here. But still, when you leave your destination station, if you card was a single use, or if you were out of money on your card, the gate would just keep it).

[xxv.livejournal.com]

My guess is that keeping the card was an option from the machine's manufacturers, but it probably cost more.

Just like keeping the card return system consistant across all the new machines...

[twe.livejournal.com]

The Metro is DC is like this too.