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TABLE TWO
Best to Worst: Percentage of Cars Clean by Line*
September 2007 - January 2008

Line % Clean Cars
L

88%

1

78%

7

78%

G

63%

N

63%

W

58%

F

56%

B

55%

M

52%

5

50%

3

49%

V

48%

R

45%

6

44%

A

43%

D

39%

2

38%

4

38%

C

33%

J/Z

33%

E

29%

Q

29%

System Avg.

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.

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