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The PedestrianObvs hyperlink isn’t right, it redirects back to this page.
@Peewee
Corrected, cheers. LBM
Boston Transit’s lack of toilets is pertinent to Xrail. The MBTA acknowledged the problems and is moving forward with a $100,000 pilot project to install urine detection sensors in four of its station elevators. An MBTA spokesperson told StreetsblogMASS that the sensors will “dispatch a cleaning crew when the sensors generate a true-positive reading… for now, this is just a hardware pilot.”
TfL probably has CCTV in it’s lifts so is more likely to dispatch a revenue officer with a fixed penalty notice whilst holding the door opening.