Thread 2058163

Why does a graffitied train have to be taken out of circulation immediately? How much does it cost in your country to clean up one graffiti piece? In Finland, the average cleanup cost is 600-700ish.

>>2058163 (OP)
"Broken windows theory" approach popularized in NYC in the 80s. Vandals do it to be seen, so minimizing the potential views has the effect of minimizing a vandal's desire to tag trains, since they know it won't last long.

>>2058165
I've read about this and it's an interesting threory, and it's true by all means. I used to work for a railway company while also painting graffiti, not trains though. The extremes people go to just for painting trains is interesting.
So many train painters are also just railway autists, honestly

>>2058163 (OP)
Over here they leave it on until the next maintenance cycle as long as you follow two simple rules:
>don't spray over the windows
>don't spray over important markings
Most graffiti "artists" don't have the brain cells for that I suppose.

Did a bunch of you just find out about broken windows theory because of me?

>>2058163 (OP)
Funny thing is, the Romanian Bucharest Metro authority actually encouraged people to graffiti up some ancient-ass rolling stock. They figured out it was way cheaper (read: free) to get vandals to paint the trains for them.

You can barely see out of the windows on most renfe trains

>>2058163 (OP)
I assume because they can not guarantee that the graf artist hasn't fucked with the train in another way (severing lines, tampering with equipment etc) so they need to clean and inspect before being put into service. I've never tampered with a train after painting it but some wilder crews will intentionally break shit.

I love metro graf. unofficial, unpaid, illegal penetration testers that show how pathetic modern day metro security is. Imagine having 30+ mins of unrestricted access to mass public transport carriages if you were a bad apple. Unthinkable