MTA worker, use bathroom, lose your job?

Need to go, your sh!t out of luck

Here's a story which actually shows how bad it is when you have to go to the restroom in the New York City subways, this guy works for the NYC Mass Transit Authority. It's the story of James Mitchel, a NYC transit conductor and member of TWU local100, who has a health problem which causes him to need restroom relief, and even though they won't try to fire him for using the restrooms when he has to go, it seems that they may be going after him on other ways.

From YouTube via NY1


Now, I have had to go to the bathroom when being on a train in New York, it's an amazingly bad experience. While I have actually noticed at least one station with a restroom, they are few and far between. I would think that stopping public urination would be a lot easier if there was more restrooms, hell it could be done very simply, add a few port-o-johns on all the stations, it might not be the greatest restroom break, but at least you wont find a homeless person sleeping in one. It's a nice temporary solution to the discomfort of every subway rider, it would get more users and it would create more jobs as the port-o-johns would need to be trained off to a cleaning location and replaced with a new one each day.

Sometimes a solution is really easy, how much would it possibly cost? Mayor Bloomberg has been stretching for something to leave as his legacy, from the Olympic ready Jet's stadium, to windmills on skyscrapers. He could have his name emboldened on every toilet in the MTA system. We could even call them port-o-bloomies, hell we could possibly curtail the scratcher graffitti in the city if we all one side of the john to be opened to the workings of local artists as long as they get permits for the sites they want to create on, with the stipulation that they are allowed to express themselves as long as they vow to end the scratching and use other mediums such as paint markers and acrylics. The other side could have advertising. This project could give us art, a place to go, more workers and another advertising venue, which probably would pay for it in full.
So without further ado, here's my version, minus the stainless steel, the artwork, the real advertising, and the video camera pointing at it.

The Bloomie

NY: Rock icon's The Police pledge $1 million to plant a million trees, to perform 1 last concert to benefit Public Television

From May 6th. Bloomberg press release :

MAYOR BLOOMBERG, STING AND THE POLICE ANNOUNCE CONTRIBUTION TO MILLIONTREESNYC AND REVEAL THAT THEIR LAST EVER CONCERT WILL TAKE PLACE IN NEW YORK CITY TO BENEFIT LOCAL PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS
$2 Million Contribution to MillionTreesNYC - $1 Million Pledged by The Police, an Amount Matched by the City - Will Plant 10,000 New Trees and Help Reforest 2,000 Acres
Final Concert Will Raise Funds for Thirteen / WNET and WLIW New York

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg joined Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland of The Police to announce that the band's final concert will be in New York City and their commitment to MillionTreesNYC, the City's initiative to plant one million trees by the year 2017. MillionTreesNYC is a component of PlaNYC, the Mayor's plan to make the City more sustainable and reduce its carbon footprint 30 percent by 2030. The Police pledged $1 million to the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City in support of MillionTreesNYC. This donation, matched by the City, will provide $2 million which will plant 10,000 trees and help launch the reforestation component of MillionTreesNYC, which will reforest 2,000 acres of parkland across the five boroughs. Reforestation efforts improve air and water quality, reduce greenhouse gases and lower energy costs.

"The Police are now part of one of the most exciting elements of PlaNYC - MillionTreesNYC - our initiative to plant one million new trees over the next 10 years," said Mayor Bloomberg. "Sting's human right's advocacy is well known, as is his support for the environment, especially the rainforests. Today The Police have demonstrated their commitment to greening our City."

"We are pleased to contribute to this powerful and historic initiative that will undoubtedly improve the quality of life for future generations," said The Police. "We applaud Mayor Bloomberg and the City of New York for boldly confronting the City's environmental issues and are excited to support their goal of creating a healthier, more sustainable City."

NY: Rock icon's The Police pledge $1 million to plant a million trees, to perform 1 last concert to benefit Public Television

From May 6th. Bloomberg press release :

MAYOR BLOOMBERG, STING AND THE POLICE ANNOUNCE CONTRIBUTION TO MILLIONTREESNYC AND REVEAL THAT THEIR LAST EVER CONCERT WILL TAKE PLACE IN NEW YORK CITY TO BENEFIT LOCAL PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS
$2 Million Contribution to MillionTreesNYC - $1 Million Pledged by The Police, an Amount Matched by the City - Will Plant 10,000 New Trees and Help Reforest 2,000 Acres
Final Concert Will Raise Funds for Thirteen / WNET and WLIW New York

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg joined Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland of The Police to announce that the band's final concert will be in New York City and their commitment to MillionTreesNYC, the City's initiative to plant one million trees by the year 2017. MillionTreesNYC is a component of PlaNYC, the Mayor's plan to make the City more sustainable and reduce its carbon footprint 30 percent by 2030. The Police pledged $1 million to the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City in support of MillionTreesNYC. This donation, matched by the City, will provide $2 million which will plant 10,000 trees and help launch the reforestation component of MillionTreesNYC, which will reforest 2,000 acres of parkland across the five boroughs. Reforestation efforts improve air and water quality, reduce greenhouse gases and lower energy costs.

"The Police are now part of one of the most exciting elements of PlaNYC - MillionTreesNYC - our initiative to plant one million new trees over the next 10 years," said Mayor Bloomberg. "Sting's human right's advocacy is well known, as is his support for the environment, especially the rainforests. Today The Police have demonstrated their commitment to greening our City."

"We are pleased to contribute to this powerful and historic initiative that will undoubtedly improve the quality of life for future generations," said The Police. "We applaud Mayor Bloomberg and the City of New York for boldly confronting the City's environmental issues and are excited to support their goal of creating a healthier, more sustainable City."