To: Mayor Michael Bloomberg,
Yesterday, New York City had the second subway pushing death in so many weeks ... see: Earthlink Article. We are singularly appalled that the authorities in this great city keep allowing such mayhem to continue to occur. When will they remove these mechanized creatures-of-violence from roaming under the streets of the Big Apple? Particularly those BMT behemoths ... the INDs and the IRTs, not so bad. We also know that if the NYC Transportation Authority were to revert to the once popular horse-drawn carriages that this carnage would never have happened.
So what say you Mayor Bloomberg? You have outlawed transfats, salt, and 16 oz.+ soft drinks. Certainly you can rid your city of these killer subway trains. With a stroke of your Mount Blanc pen, you can stop this carnage. Pay no attention to that hate group, the Niggling Ridership Association (NRA), they just put their freedoms and convenience ahead of the lives of your citizenry. Take back your city from those evil subterranean killing machines ... or, as we call them, "assault transports." If you do, I think you can keep getting re-elected no matter what the City Charter says. You will again be our super-hero!
Signed,
Citizens Against Riders Protesting Every Recent Statute (CARPERS)
How many more must die before we ban these dangerous contraptions?
ReplyDeleteSome subway systems around the world are actually being retrofitted with safety systems to cut down on push-deaths (and accidents and suicides). So why not New York City? Last year, 146 people were struck by subway trains in New York City. Of those, 47 were killed. That amounts to one accident every 2.5 days, many of which would conceivably have been prevented by a feature now widely used around the world.
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