New York City Transit?

Question

How many here live in NYC? How many ride the buses and subway? Have you not seen the MTA's method to keep ALL RIDERS PACKED LIKE SARDINES at most stations and in most trains and buses? If you have not seen this pattern, God help you. Every day there are endless signal problems, platform construction, FAST TRACK THIS AND FAST TRACK THAT but since we are all too busy playing with our phones (almost robotic), no one knows or cares about delay in service.

The world changed about 9-11. I believe that the MTA is deliberately pushing people together like sardines to prevent isolated passengers in most trains and platforms. The MTA, working with the federal government, wants to control where we sit, walk, where to transfer, who to talk to, etc all in an effort to KEEP PEOPLE TOGETHER LIKE SARDINES.

What do you say? At the end of a soccer game at Yankee Stadium tonight, when the MTA knows that fans will rush into nearby subway stations, the downtown D train mysteriously has SIGNAL PROBLEMS causing huge delays and overcrowded platforms. What do you say?

Answer 1

the MTA Board constitutes one of the largest conglomerations of overpaid incompetents in North America.

Answer 2

The subways have always been crowded. Some stations had platform guards, known as pushers, who shoved passengers whose butts were keeping the doors from closing to get them all the way into the car. I particularly remember pushers at the Roosevelt Ave station on the E and F lines. Are they still there?

Answer 3

Ah, New York. What a wonderful town.