Transportation
2 Very Different Ideas for Preventing Subway Deaths
To keep people from falling onto the tracks, New York City is testing lasers. Osaka, Japan, is betting on ropes.
This year has been a particularly deadly one for the New York City subway. One hundred forty-four riders have been hit by trains so far, and 52 have died.
Now, the Metropolitan Transit Authority is considering an ambitious, high-tech strategy to protect people on the platform. According to the New York Daily News, the MTA will test four different "intrusion detection" systems, all designed to stop the train after someone has fallen onto the tracks.