Anti-Advertising Agency.com wants you to understand this -

“New York City is a READ-ONLY City”

“You’re free to read advertising, business signs, and city signs. But dare you write or hang anything of your own; you will be labeled as a criminal - a graffiti vandal….If you happen to have several thousand dollars, you might be able to say what you want - as long as it’s not too political.”

The MTA hopes to bring in an additional 20 million dollars in ad revenue by selling the space on the outside of subway cars through Titan Outdoor Media Agency.  When I returned from France last year I was appalled to see the new ads. When I enter the subway, it’s my moment to myself - away from work and friends and street hawkers. I don’t want to be shouted at by prophesiers, I don’t want people to beg me for money because they just got out of the hospital (and didn’t you just get out the hospital last month and the month before that?) and I don’t want my senses overloaded by public space clutter.

You might think these new outdoor ads will help subsidize those rising monthly subway card prices. Alas, you would be wrong. This new revenue will account for as little as 0.17% because the MTA’s annual budget is $11.5 BILLION. This illuminates the fact that the people pay for the subway - not corporate interests.

Remember just a few years ago when the site of something like this was appalling to most people and made the MTA and city police’s hair stand on end? We spent millions of dollars creating “anti-graffiti” metal cars so that we could rid ourselves of paint. “What a public Nuisance…”were the words you often heard from politicians. Oh…back in the day….

Now, we have officially evolved. Instead of allowing punk kids to paint the town, we now allow and encourage The History Channel and anyone with a few thousand dollars to spare to do the same.

Save your attention spans…

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