Gothamist: Your Subway Behavior

Betsy Markum

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 01:54:44 -0500

I can't believe it, my co-worker just bought a car for $80582. Isn't that crazy!

sp

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:47:29 -0500

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"

Max

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:50:29 -0500

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?

imho

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 10:49:37 -0500

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...

dovasurrey

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 10:28:29 -0500

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?

Brightliner

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 10:10:44 -0500

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.

Joclyn

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:23:19 -0500

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.

Joe

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 08:45:01 -0500

Kalikow rides the train???