Green, Vallone On Board for More Service
The News' series prompted action by two candidates for mayor. City Council speaker Peter Vallone called for City Council hearings on subway crowding, while Public Advocate Mark Green released a Subway Bill of Rights that he urged the MTA and Governor Pataki to adopt. Green told the News that the "last great quality of life issue in the city right now is…extremely overcrowded subways." "With more ridership comes more responsibility for the MTA," Green wrote to the Governor and MTA Chair Peter Kalikow. Green's provisions included four-minute rush hour service on all lines, a bigger subway car fleet, more off-hour service, cleaner stations and trains and better announcements and public information about service.
