September 20, 2005
MTA likely to withdraw subway coffee ban plan
The city's transit agency next week is expected to adopt a rule prohibiting subway riders from walking between cars, but the MTA will not go through with a plan to ban beverages from subways and buses, according to Daily News sources.
For years there has been a rarely enforced rule prohibiting any open beverage on subways and buses. The MTA wanted to ban even bottled water and coffee. Right. "It ain't worth the fight," an MTA source is quoted in today's Daily News.
However, the new rule prohibiting walking between subway cars -- carrying a $75 fine -- is likely to pass. This one's more of a safety issue since people have died when they fall to the tracks between cars.
September 20, 2005 09:27 AM in Transportology
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