It was a temporary stunt as part of a city-wide cleanup. The goal was to give a "first class experience" to commuters.
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What's going on with the guy's face in the brown coat?
This photo was colorized at some point, likely recently, because it's fairly well done.
I suppose his face is blocked for the same reason faces are ever blocked in photos, so no one can recognize who it is.
The "ghost" in the window is just someone outside the train looking in, and not colorized. The train is stopped at the station.
I had the same question. Every photo I could find of the event had this guy censored. Or it's just a photo error that looks like censorship?
Edit: wait, I think I found the answer. It looks like there was a guy walking in front of him, and someone tried to edit that out in some versions of this photo.
It looks to me like the colorizing was done by AI and it got all wonky on that part.
I also find it fascinating how it messed up the "FEED THE KITTY" "IT WON'T BITE" in the subway advertisement. "IT WAWT WTE"
Or the ghost in the window.