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# The D Train Is The Grossest, But Other Local Lines Only Getting Grosser
- URL: https://bklyner.com/the-d-train-is-the-grossest-but-other-local-lines-only-getting-grosser-parkslopestoop/
- Published: 2014-03-21T21:19:35.000Z
- Updated: 2014-03-21T21:19:35.000Z
- Author: Mary Bakija
- Tags: Trash, #API-Imported

![Subway Trash Poster](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pss_subway_trash-702x526.jpg)

  
The [Straphangers Campaign](http://straphangers.org/?ref=bklyner.com) released the findings of their most recent [“subway shmutz”](http://straphangers.org/shmutz13/?ref=bklyner.com) survey, and it appears that many of our local lines are [getting a little gross](http://straphangers.org/shmutz13/Table%5Fone.pdf?ref=bklyner.com).

Back in 2011, the group found that 69% of the F train’s cars were clean. In 2013, though, only 37% were observed to be clean. This puts the F alongside eight other lines that experienced “significant deterioration” between the two studies.

The 2 also had a big drop, from 63% clean to just 29% clean, while the 3 went from 63% to 45%, the 4 from 50% to 46%, and the 5 remained steady at 38%.

The G line dropped slightly from 54% to 52%, while the R remained solid at a grimy 36%.

As for the B and Q, in 2011 59% of cars on each line were considered clean by Straphangers standards, but the B dropped in 2013 to a 40% cleanliness rating while the Q dropped to 39%.

The good news? Those are not the worst of the bunch. That crown belongs to the D train, which rolled away with a score of just 17%.

The MTA does [its own cleanliness survey](http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/140224%5F1030%5Ftransit-bus.pdf?ref=bklyner.com) of the subways, and during its last in second half of 2013, it found that 92% or trains in service were clean. They argue that the Straphangers’s survey methodology is flawed, telling [Metro](http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/local/2014/03/20/new-york-city-subways-cleanliness-schmutz-survey/?ref=bklyner.com) that they’ll look at 250 cars per subway line over a six-month period, compared to the schmutz survey, which looked at 100 cars on each line in a three-month period.

What are you seeing on your commute? How clean would you say our local trains are?