Slashed MTA Service Means People Crammed ‘Like Sardines:’ Commuters | NBC New York

The MTA cut its service by 25 percent overnight Tuesday, concentrating its remaining service on morning and evening peaks due to a decreased staff. But commuters were already sounding the alarm Wednesday morning -- the new cuts are forcing New Yorkers dangerously close together in confined cars.

"How can we practice social distancing if we have to be in crowded trains like this? It puts us, our families and our employers in harm's way," commuter Luis Rivera said. He has been documenting the crowds on his commute to work on the A and L lines to the Upper West Side since Monday.

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