Posts tagged subway
Posts tagged subway
SPACE HIJACKERS: TUBE TRAIN ADVERT REMOVAL
After being made aware last November of the apparent Transport for London initiative to remove advertising from the Tube, we were disappointed not to have seen any further action since then. However, another surprise encounter with the team carrying out these improvements has now been reported!
As shown in the photographs taken by our lucky witnesses, the District Line appears to be the line being used to pilot this initiative. As passengers went about their daily travelling business, a team of obviously highly trained professionals entered the carriages one by one, taking adverts out of the holders, flipping them over and replacing them, putting an information sticker on the flipped adverts.
One of the team explained:
“TFL’s research team has been analysing the effects of environmental conditions on the London Underground, as part of an efficiency drive to reduce tube train suicides and passenger complaints. Extensive psychological research has shown that in the majority of cases, the presence of constant advertising intensifies feelings of anxiety, failure and compulsion. This is especially true within the tube carriage, as the high proportion of adverts for car and life insurance, escapist holidays and plastic surgery exacerbates fearfulness, aspiration and inadequacy in the psyches of the LU customers. It was found that the poems and the maps produced no such ill effects, and they are to remain displayed throughout this initiative.”This is so awesome. Can NYC do the same please?
(via m1nou)
Use the same attention you reserve for riding around buses and garbage trucks. Because, instead of dealing with wheels that will crush your skull, you have a train full of people who want to stab you until your intestines are a puddle on the subway car floor.
How To Bring A Bike On The New York City Subway
Many of these tips also apply to ginormous strollers—especially during rush hour and especially if no kids are actually in them.
