Straphangers beat up NYC’s new anti-attack subway barriers that don’t block anyone: ‘It’s stupid’
NY Post
New anti-attack subway barriers are getting beat up by straphangers.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is testing the barriers on the platform at one Harlem station with the hope they’ll reduce attacks on conductors — but confused riders mocked them as “stupid” on Tuesday.
“I don’t see how that’s going to help,” said Myra Dent-McGriff, 58, as she waited for a train at the 125th Street Station, where the narrow orange stanchions futiley block off a section of floor marked with the words “no standing.”
“I could get right through, right there” she added, pointing to a large, human-sized space between the chest-high poles.
Rider Brenda McCrae, 57, was blunt about how effective they’d be.
“You can walk right through it. I’m not understanding that. It’s stupid,” said McCrae, 57.
