Cuomo Details Redesigned Subway Cars and Major Station Renovations - The New York Times
"It would be nice if people always waited till everybody got off the train before they started to board…
One August morning in a year long gone I attempted for the first time to ride the New York City subway to work…IRT from the east 70's, switch to an express at Grand Central— I had it all figured out. But on the first platform my plan crashed.
A southbound train arrived, its doors slid open and, good Midwestern boy that I was, I stood aside to let the women board first. I missed three trains in a row.
A southbound train arrived, its doors slid open and, good Midwestern boy that I was, I stood aside to let the women board first. I missed three trains in a row.
Finally, motivated by abject fear of being late to work on my first day, I learned the basic rule of New York subway-riding technique: elbows. And don't let anybody get in your way. Anybody.
Maybe wider doors will help but, if you're a subway rider, don't give up your elbows just yet.
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