Comments on: Selling the air waves on the subways

By: rhywun

rhywun — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:28:34 +0000

Much like ads on the walls get defaced the next day. Why do they even bother?

By: people eating tasty animals

people eating tasty animals — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:02:09 +0000

For every dumb PETA ad I hear, I’m bringing a hamburger to eat on the subway.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:14:56 +0000

I’ll just turn up the volume on my iPod.

By: Duke87

Duke87 — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:35:20 +0000

Who wants to bet that if something like this is put through it will start a string of (drunk?) people vandalizing the loudspeakers to make the ads shut up, thus canceling out the revenue taken in from it by the expense of having to keep fixing them?

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:02:12 +0000

NO! Do not mess with my subway reading.

By: cmdrtebok

cmdrtebok — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:52:39 +0000

The announcements proclaiming that my bag or other large container can be searched by the police at any time makes me think I live in 1984.

By: Fairy Tales of New York - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com

Fairy Tales of New York - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:47:17 +0000

[...] another money-making scheme, the M.T.A. is considering selling airtime over the subway’s public address system to PETA as a way to raise revenues. [2nd Ave. [...]

By: Adam G

Adam G — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:06:41 +0000

Augh, this is the worst idea since the $50 drivers’ license fee!

By: harold

harold — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:36:05 +0000

It makes more sense to have visual, electronic announcements on the platform, such as they have in London, which tell you the time and how many minutes away the next train is. The technology for such text messaging exists.

By: Cap'n Transit

Cap'n Transit — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:01:59 +0000

Yeah, whenever I hear “this is an important message,” I know I can safely tune it out.