ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[jamincan]

 a somewhat more open space near the connection between two cars (where there are no handholds, which contributes to the clustering, but I don't know how there could be on the bendy rubber bits)

There are stanchions either side of the bellows, and you can use those to stand in that area. Just watch out for your grip to shift when the train turns.

One set of grips doesn't move relative to the floor, the other is attached to the adjacent section and does move. And it is a nuisance. It would be nicer if both grips were stationary, but then I think it would end up pinching the person sitting in the adjacent section.