Boston's rail commuters gave mixed reviews on the new seats of the Metro Boston Transit Authority's Blue Line cars. Some riders complained the new seats were too slippery, while others appreciated the wider space it offers. The new seats is made of fiberglass with a shape not fitting the human spine. The old model had soft vinyl seats, but narrower by 2 inches. Hence, only 35 passengers could sit per row in the new car compared to 42 riders before, regular commuters told the Boston Globe.

Riders of the London Underground will hold cocktail parties inside rear cars of subway lines at 9 p. m. on Saturday to mark the end of Britons' drinking tradition on public transports. Drinking, and drunkenness, will be banned on trains and buses starting June 1 for a safer and more pleasant travel, a regulation introduced by new London Mayor Boris Johnson on May 7.

New York's commuters are up in arms against the five-hour simultaneous closing of all 78 subway toilets from midnight to 5 a. m. The New York Transit, through spokesman Charles Seaton, defended the new policy implemented the past few weeks, as its way of making the riding public more comfortable by setting exclusive window hours for its maintenance staff to clean the toilets.

Impatient passengers led to delays in rush hour subway traffic on Tuesday, causing a slowdown that lasted almost four hour. The delay began when a packed subway train had to stop for an hour due to a malfunctioning train ahead. The passengers got anxious in the heat and stuffy atmosphere and left the train.

fter conducting an internal investigation, Shanghai's metro rail authority found out that their staff was responsible for proliferating the video of couple caught kissing on tape. A formal apology has been issued to the couple, who are now Youtube bred celebrities. Based on the company's investigation, three staff members were found responsible for taping and uploading the video of the couple. Two of of the staffmembers have resigned already, while the other one has been dismissed.