Nets and spikes don’t work as well as you’d think. I’ve seen pigeons building nests on spike strips and sparrows routinely fly in and out of the netting at Forest Hills station. I think Boston T stations are better designed than those Chicago ones though. That particular Irving Street stop looks like something from the 1950’s. We in Boston started modernizing stations in the mid 1960’s. Less girders over commuters helps a lot.
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