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Subway Conduct Campaign Costs Debt-Ridden NY Traffic Authority Over $70,000

© AP Photo / John MinchilloAccording to invoices obtained by the Washington Free Beacon under the Freedom of Information Law, which allows anyone to request access to federal agency records, the New York state's transport authority paid $76,707 to Edison Lithograph and Printing Corp to print thousands of placards
According to invoices obtained by the Washington Free Beacon under the Freedom of Information Law, which allows anyone to request access to federal agency records, the New York state's transport authority paid $76,707 to Edison Lithograph and Printing Corp to print thousands of placards - Sputnik International
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An advertising campaign to promote good subway manners and create a "better trip for everyone" will reportedly cost New York's Metropolitan Traffic Agency (MTA) more than $70,000, the Washington Free Beacon has found.

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MOSCOW, January 16 (Sputnik) –  According to invoices obtained by the Washington Free Beacon under the Freedom of Information Law, which allows anyone to request access to federal agency records, the New York state's transport authority paid $76,707 to Edison Lithograph and Printing Corp to print thousands of placards. The MTA is almost $35 billion in debt.

Colorfully-designed posters with simple graphics and pithy statements illustrating the "do's" and "don't's" of subway rides will appear in 2,600 cars, the MTA said in a statement earlier. These include placards campaigning against the so-called "manspreading", a newly-coined term describing the act of men sitting down with their legs spread in such a way, that they encroach into the space of other commuters.

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Other damnable "don't's" are "clipping", "primping", eating and listening to loud music in traffic. The MTA said the messaging reflects complaints and suggestions from commuters.

The anti-manspreading campaign, in particular, has raised a lot of criticism, with rights groups accusing MTA of trying to prohibit something, which they claim is a biological necessity. Recently, the Canadian Association for Equality put a petition to the Toronto Transit Commission, which seeks to ban the habit, condemning it as "sexism plain and simple".

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