http://www.gothamist.com/2007/04/25/transit_worker.php All comments for Transit Worker Killed on Columbus Circle Tracks en-us 2007 jen Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:08:15 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jen@gothamist.com jen@gothamist.com 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/04/25/transit_worker.php#comment-1075845 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/04/25/transit_worker.php#comment-1075845 Comments Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:19:45 -0500 <p>the contractors who work in the tunnels without a question deserve great wages, the one's behind the booth playing solitaire do not.</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2007/04/25/transit_worker.php#comment-1075357 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/04/25/transit_worker.php#comment-1075357 Comments Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:05:03 -0500 <p>Unavoidable accidents can not be foreseen. This one was avoidable. How is it that after 100 years of working on the subway there could be such a lack of communication that allowed the train to come through when a man was working on the tracks? I can not believe that the MTA does not have a procedure to make sure that all train conductors in the vicinity or approaching an area where work is going are warned a ahead of time. It's a matter of, literally, life and death! Relying on schedules without an explicit acknowledgment of the conductor knowing what's going on is insane.</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2007/04/25/transit_worker.php#comment-1074145 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/04/25/transit_worker.php#comment-1074145 Comments Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:08:00 -0500 <p>thisiswhy: I don't think anyone disagrees with you</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2007/04/25/transit_worker.php#comment-1074001 http://www.gothamist.com/2007/04/25/transit_worker.php#comment-1074001 Comments Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:38:04 -0500 <p>This is sad. :-( Sorry to play devil's advocate, but this risk is why the transit workers deserve to get paid a decent wage.</p>