When the MTA announced that dogs weren’t allowed on the subway unless they fit in a bag New Yorkers had one thing to say, “Challenge accepted!”
The New York Subway can only be described as a post-apocalyptic hellscape that smells like hobo farts and cabbage. When it’s not plagued by delays and closed lines, it’s overcrowded and smells like where sweat goes to die, especially in the summer. The struggles of being a straphanger can leave many people thinking, “throw me a freakin’ bone here, MTA!” …But they won’t throw a bone, not even to the species that loves them the most.
When the transport authority announced that only dogs that fit in bags would be allowed to travel commuters were forced to get creative. Thankfully, nobody said what kind of bag they’d have to fit into, or that said bags had to be carried.
Here is a collection of our favorite creative NYers sending an F.U. to the MTA and beating the ban:
This is how we roll. Bag on dog on cheetah suitcase I stole from I Meemaw. Subway in style. pic.twitter.com/XfqCInfn1G
— Lizzie Poteet (@lizziepoteet) October 2, 2016
Subway rules: dogs have to be in bags ? #ikeabag #subwaydog #Ftrain
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Just another person on their morning commute… #subwaydog #doginabag
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Only in New York a person would put a huge dog in a bag on the subway cc: @Gothamist pic.twitter.com/0TpvPl37EA
— Alex Romano (@alexromano) July 20, 2016
My favorite picture EVER of someone bringing a dog “in a bag” on the subway ?? pic.twitter.com/4PTUNofv68
— Pamela (@PamelasRageLove) June 7, 2017
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Omg the dog in the bag on the train in the NYC Snapstory ?? pic.twitter.com/4Cr4CQaLrq
— s o b á (@AyeWassup) July 2, 2015
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Cute subway dog in a bag heading uptown. #nyc pic.twitter.com/stCVnVUYRJ
— Penny Crook (@PennyCrook) August 7, 2015
Once you think you’ve seen everything on the NYC subway, you run into a dog in a tote bag. pic.twitter.com/ZWbv5K6NE1
— Michael Lee (@GeekAttorney) August 21, 2016
So a dog must fit into a bag to be permitted in the subway? No problem, they thought in New York: https://t.co/SxmvSM0Lro #edgardcooper #NYC pic.twitter.com/iCD1mMBQUn
— EdgardCooper (@EdgardCooper) April 25, 2017
Dog in a bag on an NYC train. #Dog #bag #nyc #train pic.twitter.com/uhKsISni8H
— Nick Piastowski (@nickpia) May 13, 2017
Lugging a dog half my weight around NYC subways in an IKEA bag. pic.twitter.com/tvxN7YlzMW
— eugenie ? grey (@feralcreature) December 27, 2015
In NYC you have to now carry your dog in a bag if you want to being them on the subway…lol he is dedicated!!! pic.twitter.com/9WIhJB5Zbi
— IG danielthomasNYC (@Deshasuxx) April 23, 2017
Dog in a bag nyc chronicles #nyc #pets pic.twitter.com/J0rNPnZPmi
— ANGY (@AskAngy) June 7, 2017
That’s a dog. In a bag. On the subway. pic.twitter.com/4hfqXuMCml
— Steven Christoforou (@scchristoforou) November 3, 2016
“Any dog brought onto the subway must fit into a bag” pic.twitter.com/40AcGou5K9
— Maggie Morgan (@MaggieMorgan8) March 10, 2017
here’s my dog-in-bag on subway photo pic.twitter.com/yXPfPPk6iu
— Hanksy (@HanksyNYC) June 7, 2017
New Yorkers Get Creative To Beat Subway Dog Ban https://t.co/5MrfPpUXiW pic.twitter.com/LTLfdOSOHC
— Deloras Harnden (@DelorasHarnden) August 15, 2017
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