I Spy With My Little EyeAll around, I see signs of passengers stepping up to the idea of properly stepping forward. I logged some quality field study time this weekend and was surprised to find pockets of adherence to what would surely make the top ten list of transit rules. (see Etiquette Rule #1 regarding boarding the train). Full platforms with orderly queues of passengers, single file lines to board the front of the bus, and even an ‘excuse me’ when someone found themselves in the way of an exiting passenger. What made my day, though, was a gentleman that paused to let me through before himself - as if performing the gesture of opening my door. It could have been the unusually (for me) cute summer dress I was wearing, but whatever the reason, I am not too set in my feminist ways to accept a random act of transit thoughtfulness. While not feasible as an everyday public transit rule, this particular gesture left me quietly cheering bravo inside. While I still spied obvious infractions, it's nice to see fellow day-trippers boarding the etiquette evolution train. Carry on!
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stumbled across the pond to your site via transbay blog. glad to hear you've witnessed signs of the mild-mannered approach to transit riding emanating from the masses. it still seems like a daily occurrence that i get backpacked or pursed out of an otherwise available seat, or sidelined behind an oblivious walker, yet it never hurts to stay optimistic. unless it was you for whom i stepped aside while getting on the 22 fillmore the other night, i suspect there's probably a constituency of courteous transit riders out there; we just never notice them because of their non-obnoxious behavior.
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