Thanks to the unrelenting scrutiny of the Daily News, the MTA has postponed a full board vote of the proposed new rule changes:

The MTA’s proposed rule revisions for subways and buses has become a tempest in a coffee cup.

A vote on a host of new regs - including bans on drinking beverages and walking between subway cars - was postponed for at least a month yesterday amid questions, objections and confusion.

“We do listen,” MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow said after a board meeting. “When people say something to us, we do think about it. We’re actually not ashamed to admit we might have gone too far.”