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Chicago: CTA Responds Aisle-Facing Seats are Here to Stay [View all]
IL: CTA Responds Aisle-Facing Seats are Here to Stay
Jon Hilkevitch
Source: Chicago Tribune
Created: August 28, 2012
Aug. 28 -- CTA officials responded decisively Monday to commuters who intensely dislike the center-facing seating on the transit agency's $1.14 billion rail cars and want it changed.
The answer: You're stuck with it for the next 40 years.
Replacing the longitudinal aisle-facing seating arrangement on the new rail cars with a traverse style of both forward- and rear-facing seats that are the norm in Chicago would require redesigning the 5000 Series cars to anchor the seats to new beams added to the frame, according to CTA engineers and the manufacturer, Montreal-based Bombardier Transportation.
Such a move is out of the question because the changes would be very expensive and delay production of the 706 rail cars, CTA officials said. .................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/10770515/il-cta-responds-aisle-facing-seats-are-here-to-stay
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