Professors Milczarski, Tuckel and Benediktsson Release Study on 'Subway Etiquette'
Professors Peter Tuckel (Dept. of Sociology), William Milczarski (Dept. of Urban Policy and Planning), and Michael Benediktsson (Dept. of Sociology) served as the Principal Investigators on a recent observational study that was conducted by Hunter students, "Etiquette of Riders on New York City Subways." The study has received widespread media coverage, including a discussion with Professor Milczarski and Professor Benediktsson on NY1's In Transit segment. In an article that appeared in the "Citylab" section of The Atlantic magazine, the author noted that "the Hunter College researchers launched their study to measure how much riders really do engage in bad behaviors—specifically, those targeted by the New York City MTA’s “Courtesy Counts” campaign, which include blocking the doors, eating, pole-hogging, and manspreading." The principal investigators note that "disorderly exiting is the most commonplace of the behavioral phenomena" examined in the study, and conclude that "if the subways are to run more efficiently and attenuate the frustrations of riders due to delayed trains, then one priority should be to focus on reducing the incidence of disorderly exits."