Graffiti-covered subway cars! Graffiti-covered buses! It's New York City in the 1970s, as seen through the eyes of disgruntled straphangers. The below clip has choice soundbites from locals at the time; one woman declares, "The subways are crummy, and they're dangerous. You get pushed, you get shoved, sometimes you get mugged in the subway... during the daylight.” And people weren't happen with the way the MTA was running things then, either. Another woman says, "I can remember when public transportation was one of the prides of New York... what's happened?" Indeed.
Bonus! Here's some footage of the NYPD during the same decade, long before they had those rebellious cyclists and their bike lanes to deal with.
[via Animal]
