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In response to "I tend to think the regular users are any transit system probably have gripes with it." by ty97

what I like particularly about DC and Paris is that as someone who's largely unfamiliar with the cities,

Posted by crabs love mandy lane (aka amanda) Jun 12 '09, 09:00

I can step off a plane and public transit anywhere I want to with little difficulty. I think where these systems win is the ability to be accessible to both residents and non-residents.

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Toronto has fairly bad signage once you are in the stations. I see tourists looking perplexed all the time. - Andie Jun 12, 09:06
This is what I thought until I worked in DC and got asked to explain metro every morning -- nm - MDH Jun 12, 09:04 19
- I think they do a very poor job of showing you which platform you need. And the fare machines are impossible for tourists. -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 09:05 18
  - I do recall the fare machine not being tourist-proof -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 09:08 13
    - At the Smithsonian station, I don't think there is ever NOT a group of confused tourists at the machines. -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 09:12 9
      - To be fair, this probably happen in every city in the touristy areas. - ty97 Jun 12, 09:13 8
        
        not true. -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 09:14 7
        
        oooo.....kkkkkk......... -- nm - ty97 Jun 12, 09:15 6
        
        You really should know better. -- nm - Spawn Jun 12, 09:16 1
        
        package package package package package package. "guess what my package gave me for ID4?" -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 12, 09:17
        
        even if you are right, the DC machines are still very badly designed. -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 09:16 2
        
        I admitted that clearly and fully. But tourists are tourists everywhere. - ty97 Jun 12, 09:19 1
        
        The first rule of designing an interface: Don't blame the user. If they can't figure it out, you designed it badly. - loosilu Jun 12, 09:20
        
        yeah. I kind of... uh... let's IM some more about packages! -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 12, 09:15
    - did we try to use one once? or am I hallucinating? I remember max had to rescue me from one once. -- nm - crabs love mandy lane Jun 12, 09:10 2
      - Doll, when haven't I had to rescue you from something? -- nm - Max Jun 12, 09:25 1
        
        Aw! a Knight-in-shining-armour! -- nm - 'lia Jun 12, 09:31
  - Haha that is my favorite part, and SmartTrip's for parking kills -- nm - MDH Jun 12, 09:07 3
    - oh, you know what else sucks? No stairs! and someone is always standing on the damn left! -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 09:14 1
      - *rage* -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 09:15
    - honestly, I have never figured out smarttrips. -- nm - loosilu Jun 12, 09:13

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