Yes, we’re a very old city of 8 million people all trying to fit into a train at 7:30am. Try that, suburbs! Or, try the London Tube system which is old too and equally as fraught with trouble. (I love the London Tube!)
“Yes, we’re a very old city of 8 million people all trying to fit into a train at 7:30am.”
In 1970 my most frequent morning subway commute began at 28th Street and Park Avenue on the IRT 4-5-6 trains. That really was a “cattle car” scene and on really old cars.
If you ever visit Japan you’ll find some trains that employ workers at some stations on the platforms during commuter hours actually helping “pack” the customers in before the door on the train closes. The cars are clean, but at commuting time some are packed to the point where you can’t be inhibited about how tightly you are pressed against multiple people. Funny though, I’ve never departed one of those trains and noticed some female slapping the face of some man on the way out the door. LOL I guess if someone tried to “catch a feel” it went unnoticed in the crush or was just as quietly “accepted”.