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Citizen complaint of the day: The struggle is real, at least when getting out of Park Street station
By adamg on Sun, 09/27/2015 - 11:42am
A concerned citizen complains:
Rotating gate at park street that facilates the exit from inside the subway to the outside. It's extremely hard to push it. Elders and many others will not be able to push it. Needs to be fixed. Citizen here in action!! ;)
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World class transit.
World class transit.
Ripleys Dood
That thing always reminded me of some medieval torture device I saw when I was a kid at Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum.
Whenever the Park St iron bars exit was locked shut and marked 'out of order' I always figured someone had just been cut into ragged-edged (but very even) slices.
People may say the old solid
People may say the old solid steel and aluminum subway infrastructure is ugly, but at least when they built this thing it was built to last. This is the kind of gate you need on a system that has thousands of people using it daily, including rowdy drunks, people trying to force their way in, and so on.
Look at the gates they installed as part of the CharlieCard upgrades. Very pretty, very delicate looking. And look how many are crooked, broken, bent, or covered in duct tape.
The common term
in transit circles for these gates is "iron maiden". New York subways once had a version that was an entry gate, used at unmanned entrances - you put your token in a slot and the mechanism would release.
Still do, except they take
Still do, except they take MetroCards. http://web.mta.info/nyct/facts/images/subway_turnstiles.jpg
Is it just me, or is he
Is it just me, or is he pulling instead of pushing? That would explain a lot.
Both?
Looks like he's trying to pull from the top towards the outside.
Dont leave home without it ,
Dont leave home without it ,
This has happened before
Only a few weeks ago it was very stiff, but had been fixed and was working last week.
I have to disagree
The socks and sandles combo in this complaint made it my complaint of the day.
https://mayors24.cityofboston.gov/reports/101001598847
omg
I legit thought the complaint was about the sock/sandal combination.
I don't disagree that this
I don't disagree that this needs fixing, but I'm fairly certain there are numerous other exits from Park Street Station.
Park Street exits
Yes, but I think this is the one with the escalator to Tremont Street, which is very useful for people who have trouble with stairs.
#scratchinghead
Dunno....I've never had trouble exiting through those things, even when I was under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
Central Square
There is a sticky turnstile exit out of central square on the west side of the inbound platform. During rush hour so many people are using the fare gates to enter that it's best to exit via the turnstile. It's not impassable but it would be nice if it was easier to turn.
Terrified
I won't use them. So scared of being injured.
Like this example:
http://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/18/girl-10-crushed-in-10foot-turnstile-on...
The proper name of that rotating gate is called...
The proper name of that rotating gate is called an iron maiden. When its working properly, it does it job perfectly preventing fare evaders on any subway system.
You mean this?
Iron maiden
Didn't the T use it as an entry gate too, with a token slot to open it? I seem to remember one at the Boylston Street entrance to Auditorium Station back in the mid-70s, but maybe it was just for exiting.
Boston isn't the T. This
Boston isn't the T. This should be reported on mbta.com.