One Person Train Operation
OPTO eliminates the TTC Subway Guard.
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
TTC management says getting rid of the Guard makes the subway safer. Need proof?
Seoul: Baby in stroller caught in subway door; dragged 100 feet as frantic mother and bystander attempt rescue.
A child’s stroller became caught in the closing doors of a moving subway in the South Korean capital and dragged for about 100 feet. The 30-year-old mother held on to the stroller as the train took off and managed to pull the baby out and drop it on the platform. A...
San Francisco: Hand trapped in closing subway doors, woman dragged under OPTO train.
The new rail cars purchased by the SF MUNI transit system "are safe," said a company spokesperson. "They operate as designed, they were certified by CPUC [California Public Utilities Commission] and they've gone through six months of tests before we put them in...
Chicago: “I’m late for my flight. Wake up and step on it!
Chicago was the first U.S. city to adopt One Person Train Operation. At 2:43 a.m. on March 24, 2014, a speeding CTA train crashed into the O’Hare airport terminal and went up an escalator. Thirty people were injured. The “very fatigued” Operator had fallen asleep at...