{"id":1894,"date":"2006-12-14T08:53:47","date_gmt":"2006-12-14T16:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/12\/a_new_slippier_kind_of_slope.html"},"modified":"2008-01-24T15:17:22","modified_gmt":"2008-01-24T20:17:22","slug":"a_new_slippier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/12\/a_new_slippier.html","title":{"rendered":"A New Slippier Kind Of Slope"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fact is that slopes in the 21st century are steeper and more slippery. To wit: the MTA goes from talking about stopping sales of alcohol<\/a> to banning it altogether<\/a> in just one week:<\/p>\n

Big brother may be coming for your Bud tallboy, Metro-North and LIRR commuters.<\/p>\n

MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow is forming a task force to consider a possible ban on drinking alcohol on commuter railroad trains. The task force also will review a watered-down measure that would allow riders to bring their own libations onto trains, but cease the railroads from selling booze to passengers.<\/p>\n

“My personal opinion is we should severely limit, at least limit, the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages,” Kalikow said after a Metropolitan Transportation Authority board meeting.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

Both railroads sell beer, wine and liquor from carts on the platforms of Grand Central Terminal, Penn Station and a few other hubs during the weekday evening rushes. Riders can also bring alcoholic beverages onto trains.<\/p>\n

Two LIRR commuter trains sell alcohol onboard and some trains on Metro-North’s New Haven Line have bar cars that are operated by the state of Connecticut. Connecticut would have to agree to turning off the taps on those trains, MTA officials said.<\/p>\n

Even if the task force recommends a “last call for alcohol” there’s hope for commuters who enjoy a cocktail on their trips. The full MTA board would have to approve such a measure. That could take some time. Kalikow said the task force would review all existing railroad rules to see if other changes are warranted.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The fact is that slopes in the 21st century are steeper and more slippery. To wit: the MTA goes from talking about stopping sales of alcohol to banning it altogether in just one week: Big brother may be coming for your Bud tallboy, Metro-North and LIRR commuters. MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow is forming a task […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consumer_issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}