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Commuters' group report: '10 plagues of the subway'

A rat on the platform, a gag-inducing smell in the car, and watching your transfer train pull away just as your train gets to the station. On any given trip there's going to be something to startle, disgust, or annoy riders.

Leave it to the Straphangers Campaign to release its own informal list of "ten plagues of the subway" Thursday to account for some of the most common rider problems....

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