On Monday, November 2, 2015 at 1:33:38 AM UTC-5, Stephen Sprunk wrote:   
      
   > NYCMTA hasn't even reached one-person train operation, which other   
   > cities have been doing for decades; the idea of them managing to get   
   > unmanned trains past their unions anytime soon is laughable.   
      
   Another issue for the MTA is crew sizes on its commuter trains.   
   Almost all commuter trains have automated subway-style doors,   
   serving high platform stations.  Modern technology would allow   
   better ticket collection; indeed, they know the current system   
   lets people slip by. (They experimented with machines and found   
   machines collected far more fares).   
      
   I'm not sure one conductor would be adequate for a 12-car rush hour   
   train (that's 1,500 people); NJ Transit found that its crew sizes   
   were inadequate for its long trains and had to increase them.   
   However, they probably could reduce the number of conductors.   
      
   Some MTA railroad platforms are very narrow--they had to be   
   shoe-horned in when the platforms were raised in the 1970s.   
   TV cameras and monitors would be required at numerous locations,   
   and perhaps other safeguards.   
      
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