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PATH has trash "cans." Its usually the top of the support columns or under the benches.
Posted on: 2014/6/21 15:19
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The whole security-paranoia sham that looms over everything is really sad. Example - the office building at Columbus and Marin with the bollards surrounding two sides of it (along Columbus and Marin.) Really? That building is a target for terrorists when there are easily 500 higher value targets that don't have near the same level of external barriers just across the river? The Grove Street PATH station can't have a trash can when the many subway platforms sitting under Grand Central, Penn Station, Wall Street, etc. do? Because the Grove Street PATH station (or JSQ or Exchange Place, etc.) are much more valuable targets? And the guys with the machine guns at the WTC. Do we really need that? Or is it yet another way for the Port Authority to spend money?
Posted on: 2014/6/20 22:02
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Who knew Rudy Giuliani posted here?
Posted on: 2014/6/20 18:58
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But we live in a 3rd world country where no one obeys rules. What makes you think adding a garbage can will dissuade people from throwing refuse away elsewhere in the station?
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Posted on: 2014/6/20 16:31
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Agreed the security reasons are bs but you picked the low hanging fruit. There are plenty of valid reasons not to have garbage cans in the stations, chiefly that they provide extra food for rodents and lead to greater waste. This is why the MTA is getting rid of them. Read some of the links and studies that people have posted.
Posted on: 2014/6/20 15:44
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BTW, the security reasons are pretty much bullshit. You know who actually lives under constant threat of terrorist activity? Israel. You know who still uses public trash cans in transportation areas?
Israel. They use large concrete cylinders. If they're able to do so "for security reasons", then there's literally zero excuse that the PA can give on this.
Posted on: 2014/6/20 15:40
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No. Installing garbage cans would be a step backwards.
Why would we want to provide a growing food supply to Path rats and mice? Besides, there are several studies that show that the reduction/removal of trash cans can have a positive impact one our behavior: people produce less garbage, they recycle more, and the sites are measurably cleaner than when garbage cans were in place. http://www.mnn.com/money/sustainable- ... ans-for-google-employees# http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Publicat ... /LocalAsst%5C31002007.pdf Of course, some people will just litter, but it seems that most would pack it out. Now, I do agree that trash bins should remain available outside of Path stations. Why not even add recycling bins? (Ah, because we are not there yet).
Posted on: 2014/6/20 14:41
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The MTA has been studying this, and it looks like the PATH is actually doing something right:
http://commercialobserver.com/2014/01 ... ash-cans-less-litter-mta/
Posted on: 2014/6/19 21:09
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It's 2014 and people still use newspapers, whether you like it or not. (Not me, though). Not having garbage cans isn't going to stop people from reading them either.
Posted on: 2014/6/19 19:36
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LOL, it is 2014. I can't even recall the last time I had garbage not related to food. No food means no need for trashcans.
Reading an actual newspaper or magazine?!? GET WITH THE TIMES. REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE Mending is better than ending!
Posted on: 2014/6/19 19:07
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You must be living in your own fantasy... ...9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, you do remember don't you ?
Posted on: 2014/6/19 18:09
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There should be cans inside.
The stations should accomodate the real world, not fantasy land where no one eats on the train and everyone carries off their AM NY.
Posted on: 2014/6/19 17:26
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There are garbage cans outside each station.
quote] user1111 wrote: hmmmm so I guess all of you are carrying around mucus filled tissues during cold seasons. eeeewww[/quote]
Posted on: 2014/6/19 17:00
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Isn't that what they used to do years when ladies and gentlemen carried hankerchiefs ? Plus a lady was able to get a man's attention by dropping her hankie.
Posted on: 2014/6/19 16:40
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hmmmm so I guess all of you are carrying around mucus filled tissues during cold seasons. eeeewww
Posted on: 2014/6/19 16:13
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paper trash can be brought home to recycle
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Posted on: 2014/6/19 15:05
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The conversation centers around food because this is what garbage cans are primarily used for. It would be silly to ignore this fact just because they have alternative uses. Also it's worth mentioning that NYC has been removing garbage cans from subway stations and have found great benefits in doing so. So installing them in NJ would be foolish.
Posted on: 2014/6/19 14:59
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Understood, and I wasn't complaining. I was just pointing out that the conversation should not be centered around food because that's not the only thing that goes in the trash.
Posted on: 2014/6/19 14:44
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What you bring with you...you are expected to take with you.
Posted on: 2014/6/19 14:36
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I think it's curious that the site implies trash cans are for food. I for one don't eat in the PATH stations/trains since it's not allowed, but on more than one occasion I've had paper, magazines, random stuff that I needed to dispose of.
Posted on: 2014/6/19 14:10
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Pretty sure the cans were removed after 911 as a security measure.
Posted on: 2014/6/19 12:29
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It is yes, they attract every bum in the city although they have one at JSQ because it is a PATH facility. Just like they had one at the WTC prior to 9-11.
Posted on: 2014/6/19 12:28
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Garbage cans act as reservoirs for decedent materials. Hasn't 9-11 taught us anything ? Plus PATH has a contracted cleaning company to constantly keep the stations tidy.
Posted on: 2014/6/19 12:25
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How about bathrooms in PATH stations, or is that too much to ask?
Posted on: 2014/6/19 11:59
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The cans should be at every PATH station and every high usage bus stop hub, light-rail platform (which they are) and taxi rank hub - they could include ash trays fitted to the cans as many taxi drivers seem to smoke; gives them a chance to smoke outside their cars while they wait for customers and also customers waiting for taxi's.
They should also have cans at high use multiple bike racks ... and a few more in our parks wouldn't hurt either!
Posted on: 2014/6/19 8:16
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I see plenty of garbage on the path. Bring back the cans!
Posted on: 2014/6/19 6:16
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definitely not
Posted on: 2014/6/19 1:41
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without cans, the PATH trains and stations are so much cleaner than the MTA. why fix the one thing that ain't broke?
Posted on: 2014/6/18 23:28
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Newspapers? Or is that so last century?
Posted on: 2014/6/18 22:42
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There are garbage cans outside the station. Since the PATH forbids eating food, i suppose it doesn't make sense to encourage it.
Posted on: 2014/6/18 21:17
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