Don't Lock Subway Doors in New York City.

[Eric J in MN]

From today's New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/08/opinion/l08london.html

To the Editor:

It is to be hoped that the London bombings will convince the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York that locking subway car doors, which is done on many trains, is a tragedy waiting to happen.

It is unconscionable that officials would proceed with a policy that traps people inside subway cars in light of what has happened in London. They must unlock all the doors on all subway lines now!

People must be able to get out of the cars in an emergency. Are you listening, Peter Kalikow and Katherine Lapp?

David Hurst
New York, July 7, 2005