Students use many different types of transportation in order to get to school, whether it be trains, buses or cars. Although we are extremely lucky to have trains and buses for transportation, the MTA isn’t always reliable, which means trouble for some students.

Customer Services of the MTA researches and responds to roughly 3,000 subway delay verification requests each month, stating that the most delayed subways lines are the G, 6, A, 5, F, 2 and 4 trains. The F and G train are popular train lines that a lot of students use to take to school, since the 7th Avenue train station is just five blocks away with both F and G train accessibility.

Some students who travel by subway or bus to school should have some flexibility. Senior David Yang says, “having detention and not going out to lunch is unnecessary. They should have a limit. If you’re late 5-10 minutes, you should still be able to go out to lunch. If you’re more than 15 minutes late, then you shouldn’t go out to lunch.”

Other students like senior Kristina Rodriguez say, “I feel like the policy is pretty fair most of the time especially if you tell them you’re late because of a train, they’ll excuse you most of the time.”

Sometimes train delays can leave you running 10 minutes late, and teachers might not always see the trains as a good excuse. Thus, giving you an inside lunch or detention.