He's obviously quite a busy person so maybe he could getoff the train astop earlier on the way to work or he may be able to get away for a lunch-time walk rather than sitting at his desk.
He wants you to see them not as a party of nice, worthy, unthreatening people who "want to stop the world and getoff" but as a party that looks and sounds like a party of power - a party that matters enough to make people angry.
And animals still periodically blockade the track, leaving the driver little choice but to stop the train, get out and chase them off with a big stick.