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More than 30 hurt in O'Hare train derailment
More than 30 people were injured when a CTA Blue Line train ran into a platform at O'Hare International Airport and came to rest on an escalator this morning, officials said. Six people were listed in fair-to-serious condition and 26 in good-to-fair condition, fire officials on the scene said. Nine of those people were transported to Resurrection Hospital, eight each went to Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center and Swedish Covenant Hospital, and seven went to Advocate Lutheran… (www.chicagotribune.com) 更多...
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Amazing that the driver is not injured.
The train climbing the stairs/ escalator seems to have dissipated quite a bit of energy*. Had the runaway train encountered a solid masonry wall with lots of earth and bedrock behind it, the result may have been quite different.
The strairs were used as a train stopped mechanism, whether they were designed that way or not. This trains needs a positive stop technology, so that trains don't smash into whatever is at the terminus and/or derail in a turn (as the recent MetroNorth train did recently).
If installation cost is the biggest issue, an app can be written to use an iPad and its' accelerometer/ gyroscopes and GPS positioning technology to be the alarm, at least on above ground train systems or those portions of others that travel above ground. Maybe even some portions of underground systems with additional work (additional programming and or use of iBeacons).
Wouldn't be as good as positive stop, which actually stops the trains, even if the engineer is incapacitated. But if the engineer is able to be awoken will prevent many accidents.
Combine the iPad with one of those compatible wearable fitness bands (one of those currently available and/or a future Apple creation) and the alertness of the engineer could also be monitored, and an appropriate alarm response could also help to prevent accidents.
Once you write the app for a train system, that investment can be duplicated on all trains using that system immediately for just the cost of an iPad per train/ or per train engineer.
The strairs were used as a train stopped mechanism, whether they were designed that way or not. This trains needs a positive stop technology, so that trains don't smash into whatever is at the terminus and/or derail in a turn (as the recent MetroNorth train did recently).
If installation cost is the biggest issue, an app can be written to use an iPad and its' accelerometer/ gyroscopes and GPS positioning technology to be the alarm, at least on above ground train systems or those portions of others that travel above ground. Maybe even some portions of underground systems with additional work (additional programming and or use of iBeacons).
Wouldn't be as good as positive stop, which actually stops the trains, even if the engineer is incapacitated. But if the engineer is able to be awoken will prevent many accidents.
Combine the iPad with one of those compatible wearable fitness bands (one of those currently available and/or a future Apple creation) and the alertness of the engineer could also be monitored, and an appropriate alarm response could also help to prevent accidents.
Once you write the app for a train system, that investment can be duplicated on all trains using that system immediately for just the cost of an iPad per train/ or per train engineer.
I thought that people utilizing thinks like strollers, wheelchairs, commuter trains, and other assistive technology are supposed to use the elevator.
City of Chicago.........elevator was out of service. Lucky the stairs were operating.
Hard to break a concrete stair. Tho' it looks like they tried 8-)
Again, you have to consider Chicago; where rivers leak, and bridges fall up, breaking stairs should be child's play.
And that would be the purvey of which union(s)?
In this case, the train engineers local. Except they forgot to get it cleared with whatever local is responsible for that kind of work in advance. There's going to be a tussle over the overstepping of territorial boundaries.
The claims will fly to be sure! TCU I am sure represents the motormen. And what they did impends upon the contract of the Operating Engineers, Laborers, and Carpenters Union. Not sure of the Union that covers holding up shovels and brooms, probably Streets & San. It could keep an army of lawyers busy for a year deciding which claims get paid.
City Hall will probably called for a Blue Ribbon Committee (of local Ward Committeemen) to level blame, and figure out who gets the contract to repair the damage. Forget low bidder if you are on the "special list".
City Hall will probably called for a Blue Ribbon Committee (of local Ward Committeemen) to level blame, and figure out who gets the contract to repair the damage. Forget low bidder if you are on the "special list".
On second though they'll settle their dispute. With all that damage, there's going to be lots of gov-a-mint money spread around in the fixing of all that damage, that they may forgive the lost demolition work, and the corresponding override.
They'll get their cut on the other side. There'll be lots of work to do. And they'll have to do the work with a lot of time pressure to get that airport station up and working ASAP. There will be less time to go through a formal bid process. Makes it easier for special interests and grease money to effectively make sure costs are inflated. There will be plenty to go around.
They'll get their cut on the other side. There'll be lots of work to do. And they'll have to do the work with a lot of time pressure to get that airport station up and working ASAP. There will be less time to go through a formal bid process. Makes it easier for special interests and grease money to effectively make sure costs are inflated. There will be plenty to go around.
It's true Chicago-style pizza. Everybody gets a cut.
Or those who might not be familiar with Chicago-style pizza, it's deep dish.
So everybody gets a thick slice.
So everybody gets a thick slice.
