linoleum
I was taking the MetroMover with my friend C. the other day. She noticed the illogic of the carpeting installed in the MetroMover cars. Face it: the carpeting makes the cars even warmer than they are; collects moisture from condensation, urine, vomit, sweat, and general humidity; and it smells as a result. She proposed that the carpet be replaced by linoleum. I told her that that was a great idea, but that the MetroMover cars were coming to the end of their natural life expectancy and that it was unlikely they would be repaired, let alone refurbished.
The next morning, I looked down through the teeming crowd of commuters, and what did I see?
Linoleum! How did they know?? C. utters a wish in to the wind, and the very next morning her wish is granted. Out of all the millions of riders on the MetroMover each day, they choose to grant her wish. I should ride with C. more often.
Still, somehow the linoleum ends up being even worse than the carpet.
4 strap-hangers:
The older cars in Atlanta's train system all have carpet... the same carpet they had when they were put into operation... a very long time ago. A whole new bunch of brand new train cars were purchased and put into operation a couple years ago... they are much nicer, and guess what... no carpet! Now the older cars are being refurbished (you can tell if it is a refurbished car if the seats have a center support under them. The newer cars have no visible means of support underneath) and the carpet has been removed from those as well. You can definitly SMELL the difference!
Its Part of the refurbishing the Metromover cars are undergoing as part of the PTP...
Well, it IS cleaner than before!
I like the holes for urine and liquid feces to dribble off the crystalline seats onto the flecked linoleum below. This is the kind of forward thinking we need throughout Miami's transportation system.
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