"I've been in NYC for almost 8 years now and never in those 8 years has my commute into the city ever been less than a 45-minute ride. I've lived in two different areas of the Bronx, three cities in Jersey, and three areas in Brooklyn. I've been stranded at Port Authority, froze my butt off at East 180th and Kings Highway waiting for the local, and have actually witnessed the changing of the signs (ads) being the last stop on the line.

So for me, commuting is a two-hour event which I prepare for. I always have a book or magazine to read, a notebook or laptop for my thoughts, and my Metrogrip^® for those times when I can't get a seat.

I invented Metrogrip^® for my own use as much as for other people who share my dislike of the handrails. It didn't start as just a "way to make money" for me. It was something that I desired to have and when I discovered it didn't exist in the marketplace, that's when it became a business."
       
       -Christine Goulden, Founder of Metrogrip
                         (pictured above and left, photo by Eliot Shepard)