Hey friends and neighbors, I don't know where else to put this in hopes of getting it seen by a wide audience and maybe sparking a culture change.

I can't tell you how many times I've seen a subway car so crowded at the doors that people literally cannot get on, with plenty of elbow room for people at the mid-point between two doors.

This is not reasonable but it is rational. You are afraid that you won't be able to get off at your stop in time. That's why you refuse to take the five more steps into the car that would let somebody else get home on time to pick up their kid from daycare.

But I've seen it time and time again - people that need to get out of crowded subway cars do get out. They get out on time. Everyone parts like Moses and the red sea. We shuffle, jiggle and even step off the train to let you pass. You will get home.

The worst case scenario, which I've never seen, is you would go one stop further, get off, and go back the other way on a nigh empty train.

So could we please start a culture of strongly encouraging people to move to the center of the subway car rather than needlessly crowding the doors?