Subway Rules, Not Mine

The MTA has backed down from a proposed ban on drinking any kind of beverage in the subway, saying “it ain’t worth the fight”:

Sip away, straphangers

A proposal to ban drinking nonalcoholic beverages on subways and buses will not be adopted by the MTA, sources said.

“It ain’t worth the fight,” one source said.

For years there had been a rule, rarely enforced, against open beverage containers on subways and buses. Transit officials seeking to ban people from drinking said they just wanted to close a loophole.

But the spectre of police hitting riders with tickets for sipping cups of coffee or drinking water sparked outrage.

What will be enforced is the ban on walking between cars, which will carry a $75 fine.