{"id":7338,"date":"2015-01-06T10:30:36","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T15:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartsignblog.com\/blog\/?p=7338"},"modified":"2023-11-02T06:20:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T10:20:02","slug":"mta-sign-campaign-rider-etiquette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartsign.com/blog\/mta-sign-campaign-rider-etiquette\/","title":{"rendered":"MTA launches sign campaign aimed at poor rider etiquette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may have read about the satirical, anonymously-posted signs posted all over the London Underground over the last year or two. They look exactly like official London Underground signs, but instead display messages such as: \u201cDon\u2019t acknowledge fellow passengers or sustain eye contact beyond 2 seconds. Please respect urban solitude.\u201d Or, slightly more alarmingly, \u201cFor a more efficient service, please alight at the next stop where a team of heavily drugged sloths will drag you to your destination.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7339\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7339\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartsign.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/manspread.jpg\" alt=\"From the MTA.\" width=\"438\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartsign.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/manspread.jpg 438w, https:\/\/www.smartsign.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/manspread-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signs like these will appear in the subway beginning this month. From the MTA.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Photographs of those signs went viral and provided lots of comic relief \u2014 but the New York transit authority (MTA) is hoping that their sign campaign will be taken very seriously. The MTA has initiated a \u201cCourtesy Counts\u201d campaign featuring signs that display the \u201cDo&#8217;s\u201d and \u201cNo No&#8217;s\u201d of subway etiquette.<\/p>\n<p>Examples of \u201cNo No&#8217;s\u201d include hogging the pole, blocking the door, and even clipping your fingernails.\u00a0One sign in particular has already attracted a fair amount of attention. The sign in question features a stick figure seated with his legs splayed out to the side, thereby hogging more than his fair share of available seating. The caption reads: \u201cDude\u2026 Stop the Spread, Please. It\u2019s a space issue.\u201d The offending behavior, dubbed \u201cManspreading,\u201d has lots of people giggling \u2014 but it\u2019s no laughing matter to the MTA.<\/p>\n<p>The signs are all based on frequent, actual complaints from New York City subway passengers. Wearing a backpack? A sign will ask you to remove it to save space. Spot a pregnant woman\u00a0standing up? A sign will \u201cgently, but firmly\u201d remind you to give up your seat.<\/p>\n<p>The MTA may have unveiled the signs with a straight face, but they clearly have a sense of humor. One sign admonishes people who might be inclined to use the pole to dance on the subway: \u201cPole[s] are for your safety, not your latest routine,\u201d it reads.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2014\/12\/mta-is-not-messing-around-with-new-psas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jen Kirby of NYMag reports<\/a> that the signs will begin appearing in subway cars throughout January, and they\u2019ll spread (but not \u201cmanspread\u201d) to buses and commuter cars shortly after.<\/p>\n<p>We think the campaign is a good idea. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsign.com\">Signs<\/a> are certainly more efficient \u2014 and less awkward \u2014 than requiring an MTA employee to stand in each subway car, scouting for and confronting pole dancers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have read about the satirical, anonymously-posted signs posted all over the London Underground over the last year or two. 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