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Subways around the world
Here's a website about subway around the world. So I would like to know which subway do you prefer? It's hard to tell you which is the best because I try 2 different subways in my whole life. I can tell you Montreal subway or Metro is simpler than New York subway. http://www.subwaynavigator.com/subwa...set_subway.htm
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That might be both of them.Originally Posted by Law & Order
I prefer the naked breasts in the Paris metro to Dr. Zizmor in the NYC subway.
Tokyo.
I think they have one of the cleanest, punctual subway systems on the planet.
One reason being, it was all built (or 99% built) after the war (I think?).
The fare system is confusing, but only for non Japanese speakers/readers, and even then you can catch on pretty quickly.
It is not as forgiving as the NYC subways in that depending on where you go, you will pay more or less. No "One fare anywhere".
I think a similar system would be good for Manhattan. Doing something like that would require a huge overhaul of the system first, and with the MTA's record of financial expertise.......
I like the fact that NYC's subway runs 24/7, and has unlimited ride metrocards.
Tokyo's Ginza Line first opened in 1927 and its approximately nine-mile length was completed by 1939.
Given that the next-oldest line began construction in 1961, then you'd be right that nearly all of Tokyo's subway system was built after the war.
I don't. Too many people already endure long commutes from the outer boroughs into the city on the train. Why make them pay more for it?
The NYC subway is probably the most democratic system in the world ...
Users are not penalized for having to live far away from the city center (unless you consider nasty outer stations as a penalty).
If they tried to change the fare to a "pay by distance" scheme there would be blood on the tracks.
Good guess then!!!
I was just guessing on the materials and the construction style.
That, combined with what wear and tear is evident on the infrastructure, you can tell that it is not VERY old.
Because that are the reason the system costs so much to run.
The more you ride, the more you USE THE SYSTEM!
Why is it fair for every train, plane and boat transportation system to charge more for going further, but somehow a great injustice to do the same with the subway?
Loft, there is blood on the tracks when they decide to do anything with the MTA.
People do not want to pay more.
But paying more does not necessarily mean that everyone will have to, or that things such as metrocard monthlys would be eliminated.
I think dividing it into zones would probably be the easiest way to do it. If you have been to Japan, the system is quite complicated and would not be well suited for here.
I think this would also promote a bit more of a decentralization of the whole work area of NYC. People would be more inclined to find jobs closer to home if it cost them more.
It is what NJ has had to deal with since day 1.
I prefer the Dr. Zizmor ads in the NYC subway to the "Quit scratching your head" ads in the London Underground.
Mind the gap please.
Having only ever been on two (Manchester metro and London underground) I have to say the NYC subway looks mind-boggling!
i dont like the fare zones idea, i was a month in london this summer though i grew up in/with NY and MTA. i hated that my house was 1 stop outside londons zone 1 and i was paying SIGNIFICANTLY more to go to school in the zone 1 which was just 5 stops down the line. if i had lived inside the zone 1 area i would have saved about 10-15 US dollars per week on my farecard, but it would have nearly doubled my rent to be in zone 1 so its a win-lose either way.but in NY id die to see what the zone idea would cost me to go from sheepshead bay to my friends house on the UWS!!!!!!!
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