I was amused when I learned that the MBTA named their smart card after a song about someone suffering from their egregiously bad service. The irony was not lost on me when I actually rode the T.
For what it's worth though, the "If You See Something, Say Something" campaigns are probably the most effective anti-terror security on mass transit. Airport-style searches and patdowns aren't feasible on a metro system where people need to get places fast, and having people learn to think WHOA THAT DUDE JUST RAN AWAY FROM THAT BLUE SPORTSBAG LIKE HIS ASS WAS ON FIRE MAYBE I SHOULD TELL SOMEONE ABOUT THIS NOW is probably the best way to do it. Well, real live cops walking about down there might be an improvement, but that's not going to happen...
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dancing_serpent
It's Not Working! We Need More Monkeys!
Date: 2006-09-27 03:59 pm (UTC)For what it's worth though, the "If You See Something, Say Something" campaigns are probably the most effective anti-terror security on mass transit. Airport-style searches and patdowns aren't feasible on a metro system where people need to get places fast, and having people learn to think WHOA THAT DUDE JUST RAN AWAY FROM THAT BLUE SPORTSBAG LIKE HIS ASS WAS ON FIRE MAYBE I SHOULD TELL SOMEONE ABOUT THIS NOW is probably the best way to do it. Well, real live cops walking about down there might be an improvement, but that's not going to happen...