. The Street railway journal . EET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXL No. 9. as the doors are made much wider, as in the BrooklynBridge shuttle cars, the crowding passengers make aneffort to pass through the door three abreast, much to thediscomfort of the middle passenger. To avoid this diffi-culty a dividing post in the center of a wider door mightbe introduced, but with a sliding door for cutting off theflow of passengers this center post would serve to multiplythe danger and increase the accidents. Fig. 7 shows an arrangement of seats which is moreeconomical of space. In the present subway there
. The Street railway journal . EET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXL No. 9. as the doors are made much wider, as in the BrooklynBridge shuttle cars, the crowding passengers make aneffort to pass through the door three abreast, much to thediscomfort of the middle passenger. To avoid this diffi-culty a dividing post in the center of a wider door mightbe introduced, but with a sliding door for cutting off theflow of passengers this center post would serve to multiplythe danger and increase the accidents. Fig. 7 shows an arrangement of seats which is moreeconomical of space. In the present subway there are conveniently located so as to guide and support the pas-sengers standing in the open spaces at the end of the car. RECOMMENDATIONS In conclusion the author summarizes his recommenda-tions as follows: First. That every car used in regular passenger servicein the present subway be provided with two additional sidedoors, located near the ends approximately, as shown inFig- 5- This car is recommended for the following reasons:. FIG. 8.—CAR WITH DOUBLE-END DOORS (FOR FUTURE SUBWAYS). BACK-TO-BACK SEATS ON 60-IN. SPACING. (62 SEATS.) 70 in. between the center of the backs of these seats, whichis taken up by two 6-in. back cushions, two i8-in. seats anda clear space between seats of 22 in. For double side seats,served from a center aisle, a clear distance of 20 in. betweenseats is sufficient, and the allowance of 18 in. for each seat,together with its back, has been found satisfactory, thusmaking a total over-all distance of 56 in. for one bank ofseats. The width of 18 in. for each passenger for the crossseats and of 19 in. for the longitudinal seats in the present 1. The double-door space at each end of the car willgreatly reduce the present station waits. 2. The separate exits and entrances will remove thepresent uncomfortable conflict at the car doors. 3. The present cars can be altered into this type of carwithout detracting from their structural strength, or mate-rially alt
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