Abstract: Disclosed is a touch-sensitive apparatus adapted for mounting on the edges of mass transit vehicle doors. The apparatus provides an elongate flexible housing of which a proximal end portion is rigidly supported by a door edge, and a distal end portion may warp in response to manual pressure to operate a switch and switch actuating assembly enclosed within a longitudinal passageway of the distal portion which controls an electrical circuit for door-opening mechanism. The assembly includes a switch supported in one end of the passageway and a taut cable or other flexible member supported lengthwise of the passageway centrally through spaced support blocks.