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 #1519712  by Kilo Echo
 
The resurgence of subway graffiti is causing problems for the MTA: Subway Graffiti Costs and Delays Up as New Generation Makes Its Mark.

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THE CITY wrote:The troubling trend saw New York City Transit’s annual graffiti cleaning costs surge to $610,956 in 2018 — an increase of 364% from the $131,539 spent just two years earlier.
 #1521336  by alchemist
 
That was 30 years ago -- hard to believe. As an example for those who weren't around, the entire #7 fleet was painted white and cars taken out of service for cleaning as soon as anything was seen on them. The Corona yard was given a double chain-link fence with German Shepherds between the fences. Gunn dared the graffiti painters to do their thing.
 #1521381  by jwhite07
 
Not to split hairs, but Mr. Gunn resides on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, not New Brunswick. Pretty country up there, either way, and I'm sure he could care less about graffiti in NYC nowadays! :wink:
 #1521412  by ExCon90
 
I wasn't sure and just took a guess. But he certainly knew how to deal with the problem, which was considered at the time to be so bad that nobody knew where to start.
 #1521545  by BuddR32
 
Just another indication that relaxed quality of life policies are sliding the city back into the 1970's
 #1521594  by ExCon90
 
Just about everywhere that seems to be the only thing that works; If the perpetrators finally get it that their efforts are being wiped out as soon as discovered the frenzy of graffiti dies down.