Many token booth clerks were the first to go and people with maroon vests were then forced to roam the stations. Now, the MTA is replacing train conductors with automated trains. Beginning today, the L line will be the first to get the robo-trains that were designed to run more efficiently than their flesh and blood counterparts—technically a human will be on board to monitor George Jetson style. |Engadget|
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The MTA Continues To Dehumanize Its Work Force
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THATS GONNA BE OKAY…BUT WHEN WILL THEY GET RID OF THE AGENTS IN MAROON VESTS ?
[...] but what’s up with the robot in these renderings? Hopefully, they’re not going the same dehumanizing route like M.T.A. is with their computer controlled L trains. |Curbed| TAGS: Human Replacements, Roosevelt Island [...]
[...] little fanfare the MTA has upped the hours that robo-trains ride the city’s rails. On the L line where they started, the computer controlled cars now run at all hours with little interference by the on board [...]