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The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks will be up and around, helping riders with the Metrocard machines and turnstiles. The Transit Authority emphasizes that even though the token booths are closing, the closures are just at stations where there will be one manned booth (and if you're at an unmanned entrance, there will be an intercom and you can ask to be buzzed in). Gothamist hopes that with these savings, there are more video cameras and monitoring, not to mention police presence, because we agree with 80 year-old Dorothy Francis who told the Daily News, "I can't run from robbers. I need protection in the subway."
How will you cope with the token booth closings? Gothamist supposes more people will stand near turnstiles closer to the the manned token booths late at night. But what will happen to the empty booths? Maybe it should be space for public art! And even though there are no more tokens, we still miss you very much.
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"token booths". Tee hee. how quaint. I've never even seen a token except in an exhibit.
Call them "protect me from those nasty men booths" if that's what you want them to be.
I say that these booths, and their workers, should be replaced by conspicuous security measures - you know, the type that will deter most common uncreative thugs without costing a fortune.
I was thinking that you could put in a set of cameras PLUS a television display (very large flat panels every 10 feet) that shows what's coming off the live feed from the cameras; be very obvious that the police can indeed see exactly what's going on at the platform. Put a few more security phones around, too.
For the cost of one worker's year salary, you can equip a station with this stuff to last for 10 years. That's smart spending. (Oh wait! The MTA is incapable of that! whoops!)
I was under the impression that the booth folks can't leave their booths to help you, even if you are being attacked. They can only call the Transit Police. So, even though they may afford a feeling of security, or even deter some crime, they can't really help you.
I am not for closing booths, I wish they were a lot more helpful than they currently are. What is it that they do now? Do they even sell cards anymore. I have been told to use the machine. They also don't appear to know about service changes and have given me bad information a few times. (This last one is more important for us "Outer Borough" folks.)
any idea how one'll convert transit checks into metro cards after token booths are gone?
i usually do my best to avoid sweeping generalizations, but in this case...
MTA SUBWAY BOOTH CLERKS ARE ALL WORTHLESS AND WOULD HOLD THE GUN FOR THE MUGGERS IF GIVEN THE CHANCE.
there you have it. I have seen it a million times, they do not speak english, or any sort of understandable language, nor do they seem to have any idea about anything, ever.
Fire them all and just load up on cameras and cops. I hate NYPD too, but there is one place I do not mind seeing their dirty looks, and that is in the subway.
Ps. Dear MTA, kill yourself!
If they close the token booths, will they also close the regular turnstiles and just keep the full-length revolving gate thingie? I ask, because that's what happens when they close the north side exits at 14th & 6th and at Union Sq.
While I don't give two shits about the token booths per se because I have no use for them, I hate it when they're closed because I have to use the revolving gate. They slow down traffic so much, esp at rush hour. The prison chic aesthetic doesn't do much for me either.
Well closing token booths will just mean more of those pesky swipers in the train stations a lott longer. The token booths do make a difference if you are getting attacked or robbed.
As a former token clerk let me just say that when you the customer walks in the station and wants one fare mta tells the clerks to send you to the machines. As for dealing with the public I've seen people urinate, defecate, masturbate as well as spit, punch and spray paint the booth while we are in the booth, granted we don't have the right to come out of the booth but thats the rules that we have imposed on us. Be a clerk for one week and you'll never downgrade the job they do every single day. The clerk gets abused not only by the public but also by the supervision that watches to see if we are wearing our ties right or correct color shoes. See who will help you when no one is there on the station when they pull the clerks out of the booths.