Metro

MTA targets Metro-North, LIRR with ‘manners’ campaign

The MTA is turning its focus on manners to the unruly masses that come into the city from Long Island and Westchester.

New courtesy ads are going up on the Metro-North and LIRR that scold riders for taking up extra seats with their feet, putting bags in the aisles instead of the overhead rack and grooming during their commutes.

The MTA also takes the riders to task for not letting others off trains before boarding, blocking the doors and littering.

“When you’re spending upwards of an hour or two per day, sharing space with others, it’s important to maintain a certain level of courtesy,” said LIRR president Patrick Nowakowski.

Other ads chide that passengers should “keep the volume to yourself.”

The MTA launched a similar advertising campaign on the subway and buses earlier this year that shamed riders for man-spreading and pole-hogging.

Not showing basic manners on the rails can snarl service, the authority says. When riders don’t let people get off before getting on, it takes longer for trains to leave the station.

The MTA began the politeness campaign to help straphangers cope with the sky-high number of people riding the rails.