Subway Air Quaity, or Lack hereof!

 

People traveling on subway systems in major US cities are being exposed to unsafe amounts of air pollution, with commuters in New York and New Jersey subjected to the highest levels of pollution, research has found. (full story HERE).

And New Yorkers also have another reason to avid the subways. Violence!

CNN)The New York City Police Department is deploying an additional 500 officers to patrol the city's subway system after four stabbings in less than 24 hours that left two people dead.

The decision came after four separate incidents in which victims were "cut with a sharp object," NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said in a news conference Saturday afternoon.

"The bottom line that the public should know is this: They can expect to see a very large footprint of uniformed officers deployed throughout New York City whether they go onto a train or whether they go onto a platform," Shea said. (FULL STORY HERE.)