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In response to "Poll: most favorite and least favorite public transit systems? London, can't choose. -- nm" by loosilu

fav: NYC, obvie.

Posted by znufrii Jun 12 '09, 09:00

I haven't really ridden all that many to be able to have a least favorite.

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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

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