The MTA’s new barriers should be able to move

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Staten Island: Let’s examine the logic of the fences and the mobility of the straphangers regarding the new yellow guard gates at some MTA subway stations. The fences are going to be more hindrance than help. People who regularly ride the subway know where the train doors open in regards to what stop they are getting on or off at. They tend to congregate at the anticipated door entrances and exits and clamor through crowds to get on and off. With these yellow barriers, instead of being able to exit the train and immediately pivot left or right, avoiding the incoming crowd, the fence blocks that escape route.

This crush is not going to be pretty. As much as I would think that a fence could work, I don’t know why a retractable fence option is not explored. If they think sporadic fencing is the way to go with the push and run crowd, they are mistaken. The pusher just needs to make sure at this point that the random person they target is standing where there is no fence! And a random shove is executed sans a fenced area.

I truly believe in this day and age that the technology to do much better could be available to sync a gate opening and closing with the train doors. This would also eliminate the dangerous position of the ones who stick their necks out hoping to see an oncoming train approaching in the tunnel. Myra B. Goodman

Small measure

Brooklyn: To Voicer Norman J. Sissman: Do not “ass-u-me” you know my charitable donation status with neighbors being cold and having coats. Please also stop with the guilt about people not being able to afford to change their gas stoves out. No matter what the governor’s report states, if we do but others don’t, it’s like spitting in the wind. Lastly, last I checked, Sleepy Hollow wasn’t in the five boroughs. We are strangled with regulations here. Are you?

Kris Tapper

Skipped steps

Babylon, L.I.: So Councilman Yusef Salaam complains that he was pulled over on a car stop and he was not told why. Listening to the body cam audio shows that the officer identified himself and Salaam immediately played the I-am-a-councilman card. He did not ask the reason for the stop. The officer was nothing but courteous. The problem I have is that young officers today are too worried about getting a complaint, so they neglect to follow procedures: 1) Ask for ID and car papers (did he take the driver’s word who he is?). 2) Explain the reason for the stop. 3) Issue a summons for a violation. 4) Ask the NYC councilman is this car registered in his name in Georgia? Insurance fraud? As a retired law enforcement official, I was against body cams, but in this instance it shows that it is a useful tool. Edward May

Obscured

Staten Island: Re the Georgia-registered, excessively window-tinted passenger