{"id":4501,"date":"2009-02-24T09:14:53","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T14:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/?p=4501"},"modified":"2009-02-24T09:14:53","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T14:14:53","slug":"the_new_civil_service_title_is_button_pusher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2009\/02\/the_new_civil_service_title_is_button_pusher.html","title":{"rendered":"The New Civil Service Title Is &#8220;Button Pusher&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Things you enjoy reading on a morning when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/02\/24\/nyregion\/24transit.html\">it is revealed that the MTA budget is in even worse shape than once thought<\/a> include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/ny_local\/2009\/02\/24\/2009-02-24_automated_l_train_rolls_out.html\">the debut of the Robo L Train and the transit authority&#8217;s novel new system for making sure train conductors are actually at work<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Robo train finally shed its training wheels and took to the rails.<\/p>\n<p>. . .<\/p>\n<p>Communications Based Train Control will enable NYC Transit to run trains closer together, more frequently, and safer than the current antiquated signal system allows, said Associate Project Manager Anthony Candarini.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is more efficient. It makes the trains faster and safer because the computer sensors can see things that the motormen can&#8217;t,&#8221; said Candarini.<\/p>\n<p>. . .<\/p>\n<p>The train began its historic run at the Eight Avenue and 14th Street station at 12:22. The train picked up speed and navigated the turns without losing speed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The future has arrived and it feels weird,&#8221; said Natasha Fletcher, 22, a student from Canarsie as she enjoyed the smooth ride.<\/p>\n<p>. . .<\/p>\n<p>The MTA had wanted to remove conductors from trains in automatic mode but had to back off because the move violated the transit workers&#8217; contract. <\/p>\n<p>The motormen working the Brooklyn-Manhattan line remained on board, pushing down on a button every fifteen seconds to ensure that they are alert in the event that any problems arise.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things you enjoy reading on a morning when it is revealed that the MTA budget is in even worse shape than once thought include the debut of the Robo L Train and the transit authority&#8217;s novel new system for making sure train conductors are actually at work: Robo train finally shed its training wheels and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture_infrastructure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4502,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4501\/revisions\/4502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}