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The MTA has voted to change its rules of rider conduct yesterday for the first time since 1994. Among the changes: No moving between cars; no riding on bikes or skateboards, or in-line skating; no resting feet on seats. The MTA left the "no open containers" on the subway rule that its had for 30 years, even though the MTA's attempt to "clarify it" by saying that people couldn't drink from the containers (that change was not made) brought more attention to it. And, boy, did people get upset. "It was a constant complaint," spokesman Tom Kelly said. "Everytime they spotted Kalikow on the train, they started complaining about it." Good for those riders! Please, Chairman Kalikow doesn't get enough complaints for Gothamist's liking. If you see this man, bug him!
Anyway, the MTA will try to use common sense, and hopes that its riders will, too. Gothamist just says if you really need to drink from your coffee in the subway (that's fineable), shield it with an AM New York or Metro you get in the morning. But people riding their skateboards in the subway - that was really getting to us. Gothamist on the rules and read the MTA's Rules of Conduct.
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Kalikow rides the train???
Well then the next step, I imagine, is to force out the few remaining proprietors of newsstands... at 34th Street, 116, 168, the LIRR side of Atlantic Avenue...
They all sell beverages in containers, containers that can be opened. Damn them.
When are the people who live in the outer boroughs supposed to drink their coffee now? I guess they are supposed to just move to Manhattan to further feed the fairy tale housing bubble. At least they won't have to wake up so early, though.
Instead of complaining about the "open containers" rule, why not kill two birds with one stone? Buy one of those stainless leakproof thermal mugs. It would keep you in compliance with the rule and as a bonus would protect your precious coffee from spillage and cooling too quickly. If you're going to spend $5 for a latte, wouldn't you rather it not end up on somebody else or on the floor?
As for the changing cars rule, this calls for civil disobedience. How about some civic group getting together one day and just walking end to end on a train for a couple of hours? They can't arrest 50 or 100 people without getting terrible publicity.
NYC doesn't seem to care much about the bad rep it would get for arresting people who participate in civil disobedience; critical mass, anyone?
How about skating between cars, end to end?
What about the animals that sit there eating their sunflower seeds and leaving the shells at their feet?
What about the stench of fried chicken and McDonalds?
Does this mean the chinese lady with the double A's will have to wait until the train hits the next stop before she moves to the next car? If I have to listen to that beeping and clanging from her $2 toys she's going out the window.
I guess the preachers and fundraisers are still OK.
Can't wait to see a cop make a judgement call on an open container issue, or whether or not you had a valid reason to move between cars...
I second the walk from end to end of the train. I do not relish the idea of being caught in a car between a fire/wack job/bomb/ and a locked door. How can this be safe or legal?
it's always been against the rules, its just that now the MTA wants those rules enforced because, yep you guessed it, its another "REVENUE STREAM"
I can't believe it, my co-worker just bought a car for $80582. Isn't that crazy!