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Originally Posted by k1052
Given that the city really isn't open to much change on the looks it's whatever IMO. Riders are still crapping themselves about more efficient center facing seating. As long as they're built well and last I don't care.
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Do you know that for a fact? The addenda to CTA's 7000-series RFP show that CTA requested several aesthetic concepts from each bidder for both interior and exterior, so they will not necessarily copy the c.1980 design of the 2600 series nor will the seats and interiors necessarily copycat.
The specs dictate most of the details but they do allow some flexibility.
I'm not expecting a revolution in car design, but incremental progress along the lines of NY subway with a slow shift towards a sleeker appearance.
IMO the center facing seating is more efficient but CTA flubbed the details, putting in way too many vertical stanchions and keeping the windscreens at every door. It still feels claustrophobic.