“Please offer me a seat”
To give up seats on the subway based on the narrowly defined category of ‘older and disabled riders’ has lead commuters to overlook people who may require a seat but are not fitted in said category. Thus, the absence of this simple courtesy act has become a magnifying problem present in the city of New York. Jamie Tzioumis, an active commuter, is pregnant with seven-month old twins. Her experiences of commuting while pregnant were not easy. Though she is visibly pregnant, other commuters do not see her as one who…read more