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Personally I find on-train connectivity to be very useful. And if you read the rest of the article, those features are really just in addition to the various ot
by parent5446 10y ago
Personally I find on-train connectivity to be very useful. And if you read the rest of the article, those features are really just in addition to the various other improvements, like wider doors and (of course) just having more trains in general.
I imagine the USB and WiFi were just a small, trivial add-on they planned since they're already blowing money on new train cars in the first place. It doesn't cost too much, makes your train ride a little nicer, and gets the MTA better press and reputation.
In the end I don't see any problem with it.
- lbotos 10y agoDo you live in NYC? I don't expect these ports to last longer than 3 weeks. Wifi sure, but USB, charging stations are the exact opposite of what I want on a commuter train.
- parent5446 10y agoIf the USB ports at the Staten Island Ferry can still work (well, barely work, but work nonetheless) then I have faith these USB ports will last at least a few months. Although I don't see what that should have to do with me wanting to have them.
- potatolicious 10y agoFunnily enough, they just shut off most of the USB ports on the SI Ferry because passengers were literally fighting over them... I still feel like USB ports are one of those things that's really marginally beneficial.
- Overtonwindow 10y agoYou are an optimist it seems! I give it a week before someone either does something incredibly annoying or stupid with them, the system gets hacked through a USB port (because this is MTA afterall so of course the USB's are connected to a vital central mainframe system with no security), or it's used by peddlers selling crap on that platforms. That or the mob finds a way to install Jimmy The Idiot to charge you a quarter to use it. This is New York. If it can go wrong you bet your last nickel that rolled off the roof it will happen.