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Poll: most favorite and least favorite public transit systems? London, can't choose. -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Jun 12 '09, 08:57

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I've only been on the DC, Paris, and Rome subways. Rome's is small, dark and dingy. Someone tried to pickpocket me on Paris'. So I'd have to go DC. -- nm - Ender Jun 12, 09:08
Most: Hong Kong - clean and easy to use. Least: Tokyo, super confusing, multiple companies running multiple lines independantly, very long walks betw -- nm - een platforms -- nm - DreadPR Jun 12, 09:04
For sunbway systems, probably Tokyo. Rome is probably the worst - it hardly goes anywhere and hasn't been cleaned since Italia '90 -- nm - Roger More Jun 12, 09:03
least favorite would probably be any non-major city, where the bus comes every 40-120 minutes. - ty97 Jun 12, 09:03
dirty, somewhat unreliable, impossible to decipher spoken messages, but it goes everywhere: NYC -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 09:01 7
- It's not anywhere near as unreliable as it used to be. -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 09:01 5
  - Aside from the G train, I love them all. I heard gripes about rush hour 4,5,6 last year but haven't run into any bad at all. -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 12, 09:03 3
    - well, when the 2nd Ave subway opens six years from now, those gripes will be a thing of the past. - znufrii Jun 12, 09:04 2
      - Isn't the new WTC/Wall Street station opening in a few years? - Hotkiss Jun 12, 09:08 1
        
        If your'e talking about the WTC PATH station that's really just a new station entrance, it's not affecting service much, if at all. - znufrii Jun 12, 09:11
  - I was gonna sya. -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 09:02
- (London is also impressive. Tokyo trains are amazing. I haven't figured the buses out yet) -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 09:01
fav: NYC, obvie. - znufrii Jun 12, 09:00 29
- but you've ridden enough to have a favourite? :) NYC isn't my favourite - it's a little bewildering to visitors -- nm - Roger More Jun 12, 09:05 27
  - Took me 2 weeks to learn the NYC system decently well. I must be slow. -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 12, 09:10 9
    - actually that sounds about right. - znufrii Jun 12, 09:12 8
      - Oh, and what 3 systems? huh? -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 12, 09:15 3
        
        Interborough Rapid Transit (numbered lines), Brooklyn Manhattan Transit (J-R, W, Z lines), Independent Subway (A-G, V lines) - znufrii Jun 12, 09:19
        
        ah, the subway has a history. :) It's made of up three lines that were combined. Many people still use the old names (like IRT) -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 09:17 1
        
        ~LBJ took the IRT down to Ford Street USA~ - con_carne Jun 12, 09:26
      - Local, express, uptown, downtown, one-way entrances, the mystery of the uptown 6 on Lafayette/Bleecker... I'm but a mere country gal! -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 12, 09:14 3
        
        heh. - znufrii Jun 12, 09:16 2
        
        Yes I'd like to hear it! You can send me an e-mail if you want - Hotkiss Jun 12, 09:18 1
        
        It's not really a story, just about the way the overlapping systems were built - znufrii Jun 12, 09:27
  - I think I've used mass transit in at least a dozen cities (not all in the US) - ty97 Jun 12, 09:07 6
    - sure - my experience is pretty similar, but of all those systems I found NYC was the one that requires the most local knowledge -- nm - Roger More Jun 12, 09:12 5
      - again, I offer Boston as a counter example. -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 09:15 4
        
        sure - but in that case, I had some local knowledge available. It's hard for me to tell how confused I would have been without it. - Roger More Jun 12, 09:18 3
        
        Ever heard the song "Charlie on the MTA?" It's about a guy who is on the T and can't get off, ever. - loosilu Jun 12, 09:20 2
        
        No, but then I never heard 'Word Up' either -- nm - Roger More Jun 12, 09:20 1
        
        ask Coolio, I bet she can sing it. -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 09:21
  - then again, so is the city itself. :) -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 09:06
  - did you ride the T in Boston? I'll show you bewildering. :) -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 09:06 8
    - That was OK, except the green line. Also, Coolio has lived in Boston, so she knew what to do - Roger More Jun 12, 09:08 6
      - She protected you from the true nightmare then. Green line is by far the worst, but the whole thing is crazy. -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 09:17
      - That's why they're called "Express" trains. - znufrii Jun 12, 09:12 4
        
        Too many times I wound up in Harlem when I just wanted to picnic in Central Park. -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 12, 09:20
        
        sure - but visitors might not know what stops will be missed (or even that it's an express train) before they get on - Roger More Jun 12, 09:15 2
        
        well, the express stops are clearly differentiated on the map, and trains don't usually change to express, unless they need to adjust for service - znufrii Jun 12, 09:23 1
        
        you mean this map? *squints* - Roger More Jun 12, 09:29
    - especially if you're trying to get a train after 1:00 am -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 09:07
- and for a small city transit system, Portland, OR rocks. -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 09:03
Santa Monica/LA County Metro -- nm - con_carne Jun 12, 08:59 1
- Actually, I shouldn't say that. The Metro has saved my ass too many times. For least favorite, I'll just say... the one in Fresno -- nm - con_carne Jun 12, 09:01
I hate them all -- nm - Redmond in Sin City Jun 12, 08:59 1
- people like YOU are the reason for oil dependency! -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 09:00

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