conuly

Oh, see, you're not the first one to have suggested that - that if he doesn't have a job on the trains proper, he have a job, say, at the transit museum.

But no. That would make some kind of sense. Instead, the courts think it wiser to penalize him every time he's found with any sort of "train paraphenalia", including those things which are harmless and can't get him illicit access to the transit system anyway.