What’s a straphanger?
I don’t think we have them in Tennessee, whatever they are. Never been to N.Y.
I haven’t even been out of Tennessee in 30 years. LOL
That's the question BART subway asked when BART first opened in the early 1970's in the SF/Oakland area. There were no straps to hang onto, because the politicians promised there would be seats for every rider. Nope. People were falling over unless they grabbed onto other riders. Years later, they finally placed handholds on setbacks and overhead straps to hang onto.
We stay well away from the platform edge, too many people have been shoved onto tracks.
An antiquated term for someone who rides the subway. There used to be straps hanging down inside the subway cars to hold onto for those who had to stand. Now it’s just metal bars and poles to hang onto.
Someone who rides a subway. When they are full the riders stand up and hang on to poles and straps