You might want to ask your question about "straps" and "straphangers" at:

http://www.straphangers.org


Regards,

Walter Greenspan
Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY

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Date:   7/7/09 9:10:41 AM Mountain Daylight Time
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It has been a few years since I rode the subway and I find there are no 
straps, and hence no real "straphangers." Does anyone know when the last 
straps were retired? Were they removed for a particular reason or merely 
omitted as newer cars replaced those with straps?

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