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TABLE ONE
Percentage of Clean Cars by Line*

Line 2005 Survey 2007 Survey Significant Improvement?** Significant Deterioration?**
1

76%

78%


2

22%

38%

•

3

75%

49%

•

4

94%

38%

•

5

59%

50%



6

79%

44%


•

7

22%

78%

•

A

46%

43%


B

24%

55%

•

C

53%

33%


•

D

53%

39%


•

E

2%

29%

•

F

49%

56%



G

49%

63%

•

J/Z

17%

33%

•

L

61%

88%

•

M

4%

52%

•

N

65%

63%


Q

69%

29%


•

R

43%

45%


V

23%

48%

•

W

56%

58%


System Average

47%

50%

•

 

*2007 Survey based on 2,200 observations of subway cars by NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign between September 2007 and January 20008. A car was rated “clean” if surveyor found no light or interior dirt.
**.05 level used for tests of significance.

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