"Coming from Ireland … I had read and seen a lot of negative content online," Jessica McGirr told Newsweek. "That made me very afraid to use [the subway]." ...

This week's MTA hero is Peter Watts, a Service Line Dispatcher with the Department of Buses for New York City Transit.

New York City is trying to deter dangerous “subway surfing" through education programs, but some transportation advocates and lawmakers say it's not enough.