Barriers

We just got through one month in the year and there's already been 6 deaths involving subways. Incidents involved anything from pushing, drunks and people taking a crap. If the entire year follows this trend, we may have close to double casualties of any previous year. So the discussion of platform barriers has finally come up. This is something that's implemented in many other systems across the world, but NYC being one of the oldest does not have it and is going to have  a hard time implementing it. It should be done no matter the cost though. When we look back at where money is spent, it's much more important than topside renovations and the 2nd Ave line. Those things can certainly wait. But we'll have to see if the MTA can get their priorities right.