MTA Campaign Tells Commuter Rail Riders 'Groom At Home,' 'Keep Your Feet Off The Seat'
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Manners matter in the suburbs, too.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is expanding its "Courtesy Counts" campaign to both Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road.
More than 2,000 posters have been placed on Metro-North and LIRR trains reminding commuters of the "do's" and "don'ts" of riding the rails.
The agency said customers can "help make the trip quicker and more pleasant by demonstrating a personal, consistent commitment to courtesy."
"With the rails courtesy needs to also be adhered to, it helps things run more smoothly, run safer," MTA Spokesperson Meredith Daniels told 1010 WINS.
Some of the messages include "Keep the Volume to Yourself" and "Groom at Home."
"We definitely emphasize keep your feet off the seat, that's a big one, if you've ever been on a Long Island Rail Road train or a Metro-North train you've seen some people do this before; there are overhead racks on the commuter rails, people don't use those enough; people also leaving litter on the train, you've seen that water bottle or can of soda roll down the aisle," Daniels said.
The MTA rolled out similar ads fending off "manspreading" and "pole hogging" on subways in January. The campaign expanded to buses in March.
