Above is a picture of the Woodlawn bound 4 train. I took two pictures to get my point across more clearly. As commuters, we all have to take some mode of private or public transportation. It could be a bus, train or in some cases, an uber. I take the 4 and transfer to the 6 every day as I go to school. Taking the train can get really tiring and most often uncomfortable due to the tightness and lack of personal space. The 4 train is actually one of the least spacious trains with its two-door entrance and a lean space for standing. It gets really tight to the point where people are just up against each other for the whole ride. It might be true that this goes for all trains, however, the 4 train is one to get so packed that the doors cannot be closed, yet the passengers do not feel the need to get off. At most times I end up standing for the whole 45 min commute on the 4 train with the awful traffic. One day I was taking the train with another friend of mine, who also happened to live on the 4 line. She suggested we go to the last car of the train. I was a bit confused at first for I thought it would not make a difference in what car we took. After walking into the last car of the train, I got to understand why she preferred it over the middle and front cars. In the last car, there were a lot of empty seats for my friend and I to sit on. At that moment I thought I had been gifted with the secret knowledge of easy travel, even if it might’ve been common knowledge to anyone else. I highly appreciated my friend giving me this information and hope we all get to find that one place in the trains with fewer people and more space because we all know how annoying taking the trains can be.
