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Crowded Tubers Getting Ruder

Posted by: Tim Halbur

3 December 2009 - 12:00pm

A new report shows that overcrowding on the London Tube is hardening transit takers, turning them ruthless and selfish. Even pregnant riders are left to fend for themselves.

"Travellers ignore pregnant women or parents with babies in a "survival of the fittest" atmosphere on the underground train system, which is struggling to cope with never-ending tides of commuters and tourists.

"I'm a different animal on the Tube to normal life. I'm not me. I'm a bit less interested in others," one person told researchers for the study, compiled for City Hall bosses."

Full Story: It's 'dog eat dog' on London's overcrowded Tube: report
Source: The Age (Australia), December 2, 2009
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