Continuing the discussion from Life on the MRT 2025:
I am on the way home from a late night. Sitting on the perpendicular seats I heard a loud thud behind me. Getting up to see what happened, a 20 something year old girl is on the ground face up. I don’t know what happened and it seems that her friends managed to get to her, but damn.
I almost pressed the driver intercom. But it seems they have it under control. Hopefully she doesn’t have a concussion.
Are you talking about the yellow triangle?
The triangle is designed to give way, something to hit in time before a catastrophic pinch event can occur. Like the dangly balls you get on height restrictions going into drive-through’s or what-have-you.
The real issue here is that the escalator is at a too extreme slope, look at the stairs in comparison. The destination is the same, but the escalator should either be less steep and longer, or set further forward.
What yellow triangle?
The Yellow Triangle is the deity of the Society of the Citrus Geometrists.
We are a small but powerful collective which oversees the undercurrents of the overarching undermine of society.
Our previous deity was well-known at a time - you may recall Limewire, but their work is now complete. Forever in our juicy, acidic hearts x
(Never mind, the message got moved as i replied to something on the 2025 thread and context has been lost)
OMG same. Yesterday I looked over and saw an old guy struggling to get off the floor so bad I thought he was having a heart attack. Several people jumped in and I suggested the call button but the others said no need and got the guy to his seat. Apparently he had just fallen and couldn’t get up from frailty but not from a seizure or anything
A woman in a Taipei MRT carriage used a lighter to roast mushrooms! The next second, she lost control and roared: I’m hungry!
Wait until a brown person does it, we won’t stop hearing about it for weeks!
I passed through Xiangshan MRT Station today (current terminus of the Red Line). The removable tape visible on the overhead sign (pictured below) indicates that this station’s end-of-the-line status may soon be coming to an end.
Guy
New standing spaces? Not sure what the reasoning is, seemed like a max of 2 people were willing to stand there. Might be different in peak times though.
Mentioned this before. The Chiang government is removing seats on the MRT
Got a link?
They are also removing the well-designed poles. WTF!
Guy
The one I saw today only had seats removed on only one side, and barriers were not removed.
They really need to remove the seats on both sides and the barriers (like on the HK mtr) or its an awkward space. Not exactly optimized currently.
If it were as i said then i’m still not sure there would be space for more people, but at least it would be a more open space, easier to get on and off.
Not sure what sense there is in removing the pole either. You need something to hold on to.
It would be nice if there was also a rule to stop ignorant fuckwits from standing directly in front of the door and a real rule that people need to take their rucksack off.
Look like a jav porn shoot
Are those carriages similar to the medium capacity Hitachi Italy-made trains operating on the Circle Line?
Guy
By 2022 for sure!!
I think so. Yeah.
