There are new additions on the West 4th Avenue-Washington Sq. subway station — and never all riders are leaning into the pilot program.
For these ready for an A, C or E practice, you may stand or you may lean on the Greenwich Village cease. However you will not be sitting.
The MTA has eliminated the previous benches, aside from a pair, and changed them with leaning bars.
“I don’t like them,” mentioned commuter Felicia Keitt.
“I really feel prefer it’s sort of pointless. Individuals want to sit down,” added commuter Ty Evans.
The MTA mentioned the leaning bars are a part of a pilot program, put in on the high-traffic station to see how they work. Riders like Keitt say after a protracted day of labor, the leaning bars simply don’t work.
“You’ve got individuals who actually work all day. You’re coming dwelling, you’re drained, you simply want to sit down down for a minute,” she mentioned.
“Individuals are drained. Like we work on a regular basis, it’s NYC,” mentioned commuter Glenda Pena, noting that everybody has the flexibility to lean. “As the general public, we view the world from our abled our bodies. And it’s a privilege, however you’re proper, there’s lots of people that may’t stand for a protracted time period, who simply want to sit down.”
“I feel piloting issues like that is what we ought to be doing to indicate that we’re wanting ahead to supply the perfect we will for purchasers,” mentioned Demetrius Crichlow, president of NYC Transit. He mentioned the leaning poles simply make fiscal sense.
“The truth is they’re a lot cheaper than our present benches,” mentioned Crichlow.
Some riders imagine the leaning bars will stop homeless folks from sleeping on the benches.
“The homeless folks used to sit down right here. The seats are booked so people who find themselves sick or not feeling properly they couldn’t sit due to these folks. I feel this drawback is being solved by MTA,” commuter Shaif Fardin mentioned.
“You’ve got aged folks, you could have disabled folks. If there’s a difficulty with the homeless inhabitants than town has to search out one other solution to cope with it,” mentioned commuter Keitt.
The MTA says that is the one location the place benches are being eliminated and changed with leaning bars.
