From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 1:25:01 PM UTC-5, danny burstein wrote:   
   > After decades of saying this is impossible, they've   
   > just announced they'll be testing out automatic   
   > sliding doors at three stations:   
   >   
   > [ny post]   
   >   
   > MTA to test shove-preventing barriers at three NYC subway stops   
   >   
   > Subway platform barriers will be tested at three stations in Manhattan and   
   > Queens, MTA Chair Janno Lieber said on Wednesday.   
   >   
   > The new shove-preventing barriers will be installed at Times Square on the   
   > 7 line, Third Avenue on the L line and Sutphin Boulevard/JFK Airport at   
   > the end of the E line, Lieber said during an appearance on NY1.   
   >   
   > Lieber and his team previously studied and ruled out platform doors as   
   > part of the MTA's current capital improvement plan. That changed after   
   > the January 15 murder of Michelle Go, who was pushed onto the tracks in   
   > the Times Square station by a mentally ill homeless man.   
   > ======   
   > rest:   
   > https://nypost.com/2022/02/23/mta-to-test-shove-preventing-bar   
   iers-at-nyc-subway-stops/   
      
   Stephen Nessen on WNYC said that the first experiments would be   
   done at the Third Avenue El Times Square station. That took me aback   
   for a moment.   
      
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