For remaining reasonably calm in stalled trains, then walking to safety in an orderly fashion, subway riders have been all but likened to Mother Teresa.
Sunday | Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Saturday directed the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to begin planning for an "orderly suspension" of all subway, bus, and commuter rail service — a process that would begin at 7 p.m. on Sunday if a decision is made to shut down the system because of Hurricane Sandy.
"Stylistically, I want the song to exhibit the energy and orderly chaos of the NYC subway system itself".
The "orderly suspension" will shut down all subway, bus, and commuter rail service in New York City.
One video on the BBC showed an orderly but tense evacuation from a smoke-filled subway car; a shot of passengers walking along illuminated train tracks was the top photograph at NYTimes.com for several hours yesterday.
Today the subways are cleaner and the city is more orderly; romanticized though it is, no one wants to return to the grimy, gritty days of the 70s.
Even as the racial makeup shifted, though, Hollis kept hold of its essence as an orderly and largely working-class community — one where people ride a bus to the subway to get to work, and where houses and lots are small, and most lawns neatly trimmed.
The subway that takes de Blasio's guy to the majestic skyscraper is relatively clean, orderly, and reliable.
A prime example is the 1972 New York subway map, a masterpiece of visual ingenuity, which depicted the labyrinthine network as an orderly series of straight lines, all running at 45- or 90-degree angles from the stations.
Of course, Occupy camps tend to be very clean and orderly -- cleaner than some public school and certainly a lot cleaner than public restrooms and subway stations.
