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ACTION ALERT - Keep Subways Safe! Keep Booths Open!
Many groups - including the Transport Workers Union and the New York Public Interest Research Group - oppose these closures because they will force riders to choose between their safety (entering at unstaffed locations) and convenience (having to travel further to staffed main entrances.) TAKE ACTION TODAY! Contact
Governor Pataki and MTA Chairman Kalikow! For more information:
News articles:
What's Your Opinion? Vote in the NY1.com poll about station booths! Want to do more? Submit comments to the MTA at http://www.mta.info/faqs.htm _____________________________________________________________ |
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On
August 1, Governor Patkai vetoed a law that would have placed a three-year
moratorium on subway booth closings. As a result, the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority's is moving forward with plans to close 62 part-time token booths
in the subway system. If station booths close, booth clerks - known as
station agents - would be replaced by a combination of MetroCard vending
machines and HEET's - floor-to-ceiling "High Entry/Exit Turnstiles" activated
by MetroCards.