RTD should pilot the first A-Line car as a quiet car
RTD should pilot a quiet car on the A-Line
I’m on the A-Line right now, and I really think RTD should pilot a quiet car.
Not because this is only an A-Line problem. It’s not. But the A-Line is long enough, frequent enough, and used by enough different kinds of riders that it seems like the obvious place to test it.
Tonight I left one car because there was a speakerphone call happening at the same time someone else was blasting music on a Bluetooth speaker. I moved to a quieter car, and then a couple other people got on playing their own music and talking on speakerphone.
I know transit is public space. I’m not asking for the whole train to be silent. But one clearly marked quiet car seems completely reasonable: headphones required, no Bluetooth speakers, no videos out loud, no calls.
The A-Line has airport workers, travelers, commuters, visitors, and people with luggage who may be exhausted, overstimulated, or just trying to get home without being trapped in everyone else’s audio choices.
Even if enforcement is imperfect, signage and announcements would at least create the expectation. And hopefully emboldened those using the car to keep the expectation.
Start with the A-Line, see if riders actually use it, and go from there.
Would other A-Line riders support this?