Gothamist: Pols Hate Subway "Baby Back Ribs of Death"

jennifer

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:47:30 -0500

I tore my Achilles tendon when my foot got caught underneath the bottom rung of one of those things. 40 people/minute? No way. I still tense up every time i have to walk through one.

anonymass

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:14:51 -0500

I was kinda wondering the same thing, Nick. But it did give rise to bernie goetz' woefully-politically-incorrect-nonetheless-guffaw-inducing comment.

nick

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:16:21 -0500

why, oh why, would you include a picture of regular turnstiles when the story is relating to HEETs?

Sarah

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:02:27 -0500

"High" probably refers to their heitht-- they are tall. "Tall entrance-exit turnstiles" (TEET) just doesn't have the same ring...

J

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:46:35 -0500

Goddamn, New Yorkers are ugly.

question

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:29:15 -0500

why are they called high exit/entrance turnstiles when they are larger and take more time than regular turnstiles? i understand where they are useful at entrances that can't have a booth for whatever reason, but let's not name them something that implies that they are efficient.

mike

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:04:20 -0500

That picture is great! HEETs should be abolished.

Joe

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:52:35 -0500

"The MTA says... 40 people per minute can exit through a HEET". That's not realistic in everyday use, let alone when people are panicking in an emergency.

rsh

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:39:15 -0500

I used to call them people eaters, many a year ago.

mmm

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:12:36 -0500

Dang, I thought this was going to be an article about Subway's BBQ "rib" sandwich. Because they are indeed "ribs" of death, just like McRib.

jg

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:09:50 -0500

why, exactly, are the HEETs so heavy and hard to turn? the old-style iron maiden exits are so much easier to turn ... I don't see the point of adding unnecessary difficulty. it seems like it's a grease issue more than a weight issue.

NY'er

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:08:07 -0500

We used to call them the "iron maidens"

David McCaffredy

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:02:26 -0500

If you look at any stories involving crowds that panic, there is always a situation where people are trampled near exits. If there was a fire or (God forbid) a terrorist attack on the subway, do you not think that there will be a rush toward the HEETs, which will quickly become locked up from panicked people? Sorry to be gruesome, but it's the truth.

jm

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:50:14 -0500

I'm deathly afraid of HEETs following an incident in Queens a few months ago. Entering the station through one of those deathtraps, the turnstile locked up as I was going through it, smashing my lower lip into my front teeth and filling my mouth with blood. Now I know how it feels to be one of those crazy people on the subway platform that everyone tries to avoid looking at!

bernie goetz

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:46:42 -0500

HA - the picture looks like one of those games; 'Guess who is the terrorist"!