Some collect revenue ("We don't talk about them," a transit spokesman says.)

The $450 million transfer station, originally scheduled to open in December, may not open until 2003, according to a transit spokesman.

"We completely disagree with their report," said Jared Lebow, a transit spokesman.

A transit spokesman said that no passengers were affected by the incident and that subway service was not interrupted.

A transit spokesman, Bob Slovak, said work would be finished in a few weeks.

In 1997, there were 188 incidents of people riding atop, astride or between subway cars, a transit spokesman said.

Termaine Garden, a transit spokesman, said he had two theories on the platforms' layout.

A transit spokesman, Robert Slovak, said the bus can be started by hitting a combination of buttons.

"His discipline history is blank," said Jared Lebow, a transit spokesman.

Al O'Leary, a transit spokesman, said the agency's only concern was serving the greatest number of people.