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Council member proposes safety measures to alert MTA about subway surfing
1:05:31
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Council Member Yusef Salaam proposes potential safety measures to alert the MTA about subway surfing incidents. He suggests implementing tamper-proof security cameras on top of subway cars to allow conductors and the MTA to detect and respond to subway surfing activities.
- Salaam compares the idea to traffic cameras used for highway navigation
- He inquires if similar systems are being considered for the MTA
- The proposal aims to enable quick response and train slowdowns when subway surfing is detected
Yusef Salaam
1:05:31
I was thinking about safety measures as it relates to alerting the MTA, specifically the conductors.
1:05:45
And I was wondering what measures could be put in place, you know, just thinking in my own brain.
1:05:51
I said it would be great if we had maybe tamper proof, security cameras atop the police cars.
1:05:58
That way the conductors and also the MTA itself would know that there's something wrong and can, like, slow the trains down in that particular regard so that they could deal with the situation.
1:06:12
And then I thought about how, you know, when we watch the news in the morning and we're trying to plan our day and figure out how to get to work, oftentimes there's cameras, on the highways that'll that allow us to navigate the best roads and things of that nature.
1:06:28
And I'm wondering if that same, so to speak, system is being considered already in inside of the MTA.
1:06:36
So
