By Alfonso A. Castillo, Newsday; February 16, 2019
For as long as there has been a Long Island Rail Road, there have been railroad riders behaving badly — from seat-hoggers to nail-clippers to loud talkers.
But the explosion of social media in recent years has provided a new platform for exposing the faux pas of some of the LIRR’s 300,000 daily customers. And some riders and experts are concerned the growing trend of “shaming” rude riders has gone too far.