|
Q
|
18% |
|
G
|
22% |
|
1&9
|
26% |
|
A
|
32% |
|
4
|
35% |
|
2
|
36% |
|
F
|
36% |
|
6
|
40% |
|
R
|
43% |
|
D
|
49% |
|
The number of clean subway cars increased in the last year,
according to the
fourth annual "subway shmutz" survey by the NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign.
Campaign surveyors rated 47% of subway cars as "clean" compared to 32%
of cars rated clean in a survey in 2000. Cars on ten subway lines saw significant
improvement (3, 5, 6, 7, C, D, E, G, J/Z, and L), while cars on one line
grew worse (1/9). Cars on the remaining nine lines were largely unchanged
(2, 4, A, B, F, M, N, Q and R.)
Cars were rated for cleanliness of floors and seats, following MTA's
official standards for measuring car cleanliness. Cars were rated as clean
if they were "basically dirt free" or had "light dirt".
The campaign attributed improved cleanliness to NYC Transit's decision
to devote more resources to cleaning subway cars. In 1999, the agency restored
car cleaners that had been cut in recent years. As of August 2000, there
were 1,119 "budgeted" car cleaners, compared to 958 in 1998. The number
of budgeted cleaning supervisors was also increased from 88 in 1998 to
122 in 2000. There were 1,234 car cleaners budgeted in 1994. The move came
in response to the campaign's two earlier shmutz surveys and to public
opinion. |
|
E
|
50% |
|
N
|
50% |
|
B
|
54% |
|
J&Z
|
57% |
|
3
|
59% |
|
5
|
59% |
|
C
|
60% |
|
7
|
72% |
|
L
|
73% |
|
M
|
78% |
|
