Q&A
Timing patterns of subway surfing incidents
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Council Member Brooks-Powers inquires about the specific times and days when subway surfing incidents are most common. MTA representatives provide insights based on their data analysis.
- Incidents spike on weekdays in warm weather when school is in session, particularly during after-school hours
- Behavior drops off during July and August when school is out of session
- The MTA can pinpoint incidents down to the hour, day of the week, train line, and train stop
- Peak hours for incidents are typically between 3:00 PM and 4:00 PM (15:00 to 16:00)
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
0:53:58
Have you found that there's been a particular time of day or day of the week Mhmm.
0:54:03
When subway surfing is more common?
0:54:06
And does it happen before school, after school, or on weekends?
Michael Kemper
0:54:10
It's yeah.
0:54:11
It it's, it's gonna be after each.
0:54:13
Jeremy, you wanna jump on that?
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Yeah.
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We we have that data.
Jeremy Feigelson
0:54:15
Sure.
0:54:16
Chair, we do track that, and we can, we can tell you and and all the council members that we'd see spikes in this behavior, on weekdays in warm weather when school is in session, in the after school hours.
0:54:28
And behavior actually, according to our numbers, drops off during July August when school is out of session, which suggests that this has become a tragic form of after school activity.
Michael Kemper
0:54:39
We we we could we could drill down to the hour, 15 to 1600, the day of the week, the train line, the train stop.
0:54:47
I mean, that's how strong our data collection has gotten.
