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Pet owners in New York, though, often have difficulty enjoying the city to its full potential. Transporting your well-behaved dog can be expensive, involving specialty taxi services and/or pricey garage charges, or stressful, involving frightened pups in carriers on crowded subways. Those of us who have friendly dogs are often saddened to have to leave our family members at home while we enjoy everything this (ironically dog-friendly!) city has to offer in neighborhoods not easily accessed on foot, or found digging deep into our pockets to provide them with the best veterinary and training care possible outside our own neighborhoods.
Cities like Moscow, Stockholm and Toronto all allow leashed dogs on their public transportation systems, and maintain record conditions of cleanliness. Rules like limiting the number of dogs that are allowed by a single commuter, or limiting the riding of pets to off-peak hours help keep control over inconvenient situations among riders. Shouldn't one of the most efficient public transportation systems in the world allow leashed pets as well?
This petition requests that the MTA allow dogs of any size on the New York City Subway system. It requests:
-registered and vaccinated dogs be allowed to ride public transportation, and proof of registration or vaccination may be requested of the owner by MTA officials or New York City police at any time,
-certain cars or car of each train be named and labeled "pet-friendly," so as to give riders who do not wish to ride with animals the option to ride a train separated from those that allow pets,
-laws regarding clean-up and pet behavior be enforced as with any other part of the city, and violators who do not control their pets will be fined and/or asked to exit the train,
-repeat offenders of behavior or cleanliness laws be prohibited from bringing their pet aboard the train at any time.
It also requests that lawmakers consider:
-requiring specific restraining equipment such as harnesses or muzzles of all dogs, should questions of safety arise,
-restricting the riding of animals to off-peak hours should questions of convenience for rush hour commuters arise.
If your dog is a "real New Yorker" (as per the subway ads!), and you want to enjoy the city with him or her, please help and sign this petition. Let's let the MTA know that our pets want the chance to explore this great city along with us!
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September 4, 2012
I really never imagined this many people felt the same way about our dogs riding the subway. It is truly humbling to see so many of you connect with this idea.
12 Comments
without a car the places I can take my dog are so limiting, and I cannot afford taxi services every time I want to take my dog to the park. This would be so helpful.
seriously why is this still an issue in 2016? my dog is my family and he should be allowed to ride with me.
THE MTA NEEDS TO GET WITH THE TIMES ALREADY.
PLEASE!! it would make life so much easier for those of us without cars.
my dog is way better behaved than half the people on the 6 train anyway. tired of carrying a giant bag just to get to the vet.
Let this happen!
I find it ridiculous how there's so much hate towards not letting dogs onto subways. Ok, so we allow small dogs in carriers, so why not big dogs? If it was truly a ban they shouldn't let any kind of pet on. The rule makes no sense and I'll tell you why. I don't even get why people complain about dogs when there's the person with 5 bags, bikes on trains, homeless, sick people, people that block, NOISY KIDS on every train, gum chewers, LOUD music, people that drink, read newspapers with people on each side of them, nail clippers (still!!!) people that pick their noses, makeup artists, drunk people, people that are clearly high, and then people that just use the train as their bathroom. It's not about dogs being equal to humans but the fact is EVERYONE ELSE makes the ride not enjoyable for other people!!! Why the hell blame it on dogs to make it worse when humans do? It makes no sense. I've searched a lot on this topic and the people that are against this never comment on the flip side. You can't hold dogs and their owners (good and bad) against this when most of the subway is shitty itself. You people even litter, spit, and treat the subway as shit and yet you find hell coming down when some people need to use the subway to take their dog for their yearly vet. A more dire situation is down the line if the subway even runs in some parts at all due to lack of funds and maintenance. If the people that cared how much nuisance a dog could do, why not the opposite. How about you don't cause a nuisance as well? Why don't we go after the people who make the ride worse? No one does that, but it's ok to go after a pet. No one follows the rules on the subway, people continue to bring dogs in, and at the end of the day, it shouldn't even matter. There is so much shit on the subways in regards to rules and behavior it's a lost cause to try and enforce anything, so why focus so much energy not allowing some dogs on? Cities like Toronto, Boston, CA cities, and even Metro Nort
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
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Pet owners in New York, though, often have difficulty enjoying the city to its full potential. Transporting your well-behaved dog can be expensive, involving specialty taxi services and/or pricey garage charges, or stressful, involving frightened pups in carriers on crowded subways. Those of us who have friendly dogs are often saddened to have to leave our family members at home while we enjoy everything this (ironically dog-friendly!) city has to offer in neighborhoods not easily accessed on foot, or found digging deep into our pockets to provide them with the best veterinary and training care possible outside our own neighborhoods.
Cities like Moscow, Stockholm and Toronto all allow leashed dogs on their public transportation systems, and maintain record conditions of cleanliness. Rules like limiting the number of dogs that are allowed by a single commuter, or limiting the riding of pets to off-peak hours help keep control over inconvenient situations among riders. Shouldn't one of the most efficient public transportation systems in the world allow leashed pets as well?
This petition requests that the MTA allow dogs of any size on the New York City Subway system. It requests:
-registered and vaccinated dogs be allowed to ride public transportation, and proof of registration or vaccination may be requested of the owner by MTA officials or New York City police at any time,
-certain cars or car of each train be named and labeled "pet-friendly," so as to give riders who do not wish to ride with animals the option to ride a train separated from those that allow pets,
-laws regarding clean-up and pet behavior be enforced as with any other part of the city, and violators who do not control their pets will be fined and/or asked to exit the train,
-repeat offenders of behavior or cleanliness laws be prohibited from bringing their pet aboard the train at any time.
It also requests that lawmakers consider:
-requiring specific restraining equipment such as harnesses or muzzles of all dogs, should questions of safety arise,
-restricting the riding of animals to off-peak hours should questions of convenience for rush hour commuters arise.
If your dog is a "real New Yorker" (as per the subway ads!), and you want to enjoy the city with him or her, please help and sign this petition. Let's let the MTA know that our pets want the chance to explore this great city along with us!
Updates
September 4, 2012
I really never imagined this many people felt the same way about our dogs riding the subway. It is truly humbling to see so many of you connect with this idea.
12 Comments
without a car the places I can take my dog are so limiting, and I cannot afford taxi services every time I want to take my dog to the park. This would be so helpful.
without a car the places I can take my dog are so limiting, and I cannot afford taxi services every time I want to take my dog to the park. This would be so helpful.
seriously why is this still an issue in 2016? my dog is my family and he should be allowed to ride with me.
THE MTA NEEDS TO GET WITH THE TIMES ALREADY.
PLEASE!! it would make life so much easier for those of us without cars.
my dog is way better behaved than half the people on the 6 train anyway. tired of carrying a giant bag just to get to the vet.
Let this happen!
I find it ridiculous how there's so much hate towards not letting dogs onto subways. Ok, so we allow small dogs in carriers, so why not big dogs? If it was truly a ban they shouldn't let any kind of pet on. The rule makes no sense and I'll tell you why. I don't even get why people complain about dogs when there's the person with 5 bags, bikes on trains, homeless, sick people, people that block, NOISY KIDS on every train, gum chewers, LOUD music, people that drink, read newspapers with people on each side of them, nail clippers (still!!!) people that pick their noses, makeup artists, drunk people, people that are clearly high, and then people that just use the train as their bathroom. It's not about dogs being equal to humans but the fact is EVERYONE ELSE makes the ride not enjoyable for other people!!! Why the hell blame it on dogs to make it worse when humans do? It makes no sense. I've searched a lot on this topic and the people that are against this never comment on the flip side. You can't hold dogs and their owners (good and bad) against this when most of the subway is shitty itself. You people even litter, spit, and treat the subway as shit and yet you find hell coming down when some people need to use the subway to take their dog for their yearly vet. A more dire situation is down the line if the subway even runs in some parts at all due to lack of funds and maintenance. If the people that cared how much nuisance a dog could do, why not the opposite. How about you don't cause a nuisance as well? Why don't we go after the people who make the ride worse? No one does that, but it's ok to go after a pet. No one follows the rules on the subway, people continue to bring dogs in, and at the end of the day, it shouldn't even matter. There is so much shit on the subways in regards to rules and behavior it's a lost cause to try and enforce anything, so why focus so much energy not allowing some dogs on? Cities like Toronto, Boston, CA cities, and even Metro Nort
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without a car the places I can take my dog are so limiting, and I cannot afford taxi services every time I want to take my dog to the park. This would be so helpful.