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词条 Straphangers Campaign
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  1. Reports and surveys

  2. References

  3. External links

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|name=NYPIRG's Straphangers Campaign
|logo=
|type=Non-Profit
|foundation=1979
|location_city=New York City
|location_country=United States
|key_people=Gene Russianoff
|industry=Non-Profit & Activism
|homepage=Straphangers Campaign
}}

The Straphangers Campaign is a New York City-based transit interest group that advocates on behalf of riders of public transport. The organization is part of the NYPIRG (New York Public Interest Research Group).

The Straphangers Campaign's main spokesperson and staff attorney is Gene Russianoff. "For three decades, Gene Russianoff, the staff lawyer for the New York Public Interest Research Group’s Straphangers Campaign, has championed the rights of subway riders," according to a 2010 profile in The New York Times.[1][2]

The group's name is derived from the colloquial term "straphanger" for transit riders who gripped the hanging leather straps to keep their balance while the vehicle was in motion.

Reports and surveys

The Pokey Awards, a product of the Straphangers Campaign, tells the public which bus is the slowest in the city. They have been announced annually since 2002.

The Straphangers Campaign also conducts annual surveys checking the performance of all subway lines. Key factors include timeliness, reliability (service breakdowns), seating availability, clarity of announcements, and cleanliness (dirtiness is colloquially called "schmutz"). A separate survey checks the performance of public pay telephones in subway stations.[3]

In 2006 the bus "Schleppie Awards" were given to the bus lines that rated worst in "bunching," with major gaps in service (essentially, amount of deviation from posted timetables). The {{NYC bus link|M1}} bus in Manhattan "won", with 27.6% unreliability.

The Straphangers Campaign also rates the subway each year in a report called State of the Subways Report Card, ranking each service from best to worst based on their performances in six categories. The 7 was ranked best the most, winning seven times, including the first report card in 1997. The C has been rated the lowest the most, losing six times, last in 2012.

References

1. ^{{harvtxt|Googman|2010|}}
2. ^Chan, Sewell (03-13-2009), "MTA warns of dire fiscal picture," New York Times City Room blog.
3. ^{{harvtxt|Haughney|2011}}

External links

  • {{citation|at=Regional|title=A Day Without a Train|series=Sunday Routine|date=22 October 2010|accessdate=8 December 2012|first=Elissa|last=Gootman|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/nyregion/24routine.html?_r=0|ref=harv|issue=The Subway Issue}}
  • {{citation|date=5 May 2011|title=R Line is 'schmutziest,' survey says|first=Christine|last=Haughney|newspaper=The New York Times|url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/05/r-line-is-schmutziest-survey-says|ref=harv|accessdate=7 December 2012|series=City Room}}
  • Straphangers Campaign official website
  • NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign records, 1962-2007 Manuscripts and Archives, New York Public Library.
{{Transportation in New York City|state=collapsed}}{{People associated with Public Interest Research Group |state=collapsed}}

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