I had never seen one of these before today. They’re great. Way better than reaching for a single pole in a crowded car and wrapping your hand around some stranger’s fingers. And If you have the whole thing to yourself you can hook your arm through it.

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    You say this, but I see unexpected tourists fall from stopping all the time in metro systems all around the world 😂

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      lol. True dat. They don’t know that you have a wide stance, perpendicular to the train’s direction. You have to ride that bitch like a skateboard.

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        Yup this is how you do it. I ride the train standing up without holding anything all the time. If you stand perpendicular and lean during accel/decel it’s very stable. If you are facing parallel to the trains direction you’re gonna faceplant.

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      If this is Sea-Tac, the rails are completely walled off. Doors open onto the tram only when it arrives. Everything else is walled off, like an elevator.

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        ? I mean falling/tripping onto the ground of the train when it stops, not falling onto the rails. If I was used to seeing tourists fall onto the rails… that’d be… concerning 👀 . The only place I’ve ever seen non-workers on the actual rails is NYC, because NYC.