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10/30/09
10/30/09
One time I was on a train that got stuck for an hour in the tunnel and people were seriously freaking out. Somebody bashed a window out with his bare hands just to get some air. I was next to the door between cars, so I went between cars with the few other smart people on the train. #subway
10/30/09
That said, I still don't know how the real time tracking could help. Besides knowing for sure that your train is late (which, you don't need a tracker to find out 'cause 9 out of 10 times, it IS late) and exactly how late it will be, what good can it do? #subway
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And not to complain, because Myrtle-Wyckoff is my stop, but why Myrtle-Wyckoff? It's such a middle of nowhere stop that takes 45 minutes to get anywhere in the first place, so knowing the train is 6 minutes away doesn't really help. #subway
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let's work on getting express service back on the B/Q. Then we can get shiny things.
(not that it matters to me any more. Plus I didn't realize you were on the Q) #subway
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Except for the cases where you have a choice of trains on a platform to take. Maybe you'll take the local instead of waiting for the express cause their is no express train coming for a long time.
So I guess I answered my own question. #subway
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Being $8 billion in debt also does not help either. #subway
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This just pleases me even more. I would honestly not mind living in that city for a while. #subway
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Not to mention sitting in traffic is a huge psychological drain. It's a confining feeling. At least on a subway, when it takes you forever to go a couple miles down the road, you feel like you're moving, even if you're not getting anywhere. And you could do stuff while you're riding, as well. I could read, write some stuff, talk to people. During one trip, I met this really cool guy who was traveling around the country. We had a decent conversation for a little while before we each went our own way. You try talking to other people in Atlanta traffic, you get a lot of strange looks. ;-)
Did I mention I was a huge fan of the subway? #subway
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We have those in a lot of shopping centres in the UK. They're nothing really special but I suppose we're used to them by now.
I still actually prefer using a map at places like the Trafford centre, something I can keep referencing while I'm on the move and doesn't have a clunky interface. #subway
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I don't remember seeing these in London the few times I've been down there (and the last time I was down there was only 2 weeks ago). We do have ETA signs at stations all over the UK though (not just on the London underground) but all they do is say when the train should be arriving, not a positioning map like this is. #subway
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Now how's that contest going on who can fit AC systems on the old lines like the Northern Line train?
Oh well, I still prefer taking the buses, sitting on the upper level at the very front, man, it's so fun. #subway
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Since it's being tracked in real time it'd hopefully be more accurate. The ETA's are a joke most of the time, more often than not they'll only update it about 5-10 minutes after the ETA has already passed. #subway
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When I do it I like to pretend I'm in some sort of hover bus. #subway
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For visitors to London I really recomend traveling around some of Londons famous landmarks late at night on one of the night busses. Not only do you see our beautiful buildings all lit up you also get to meet an interesting and diverse cross section of Londoners. #subway
10/30/09
Personally, I can't wait.
10/27/09
Good to know that now, when we go for lunch at Goose Island on the weekends, and Mrs. Scorpio wants to stop by Sur la Table I can pop into the Apple Store! (Who am I kidding, I love Sur la Table! Sur la Table THEN the Apple Store!)
All I can say about the Red Line station there is that, it's pretty much a dump (like most Red Line stations!), so good on Apple for sprucing it up. #applesubwaycleanup
10/27/09
@Hank Scorpio: #applesubwaycleanup
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Here's what the new subway cars will look like... #applesubwaycleanup
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[www.adrants.com] #applesubwaycleanup
09/15/09
Man I wish it was back in the day when these things were first built and all ya had to do was bribe your local politician and you could start building. You honest to God could not build a subway system in any major urban center today in the US, it would just cost too much because of how long it takes the ball to get rolling because of all the government regulation.
For all the "environmental impact" studies that they didn't have a chance to do decades ago when these systems, like the NY subway system, were first built - these systems have paid back to the environment by giving hundreds of thousands of commuters a clean option to get to work.
Imagine what we could do without ridiculous government oversight, and just let capitalists be capitalists - i.e. what they're doing out in Dubai.
09/15/09
I love how you think there is no "ridicules government oversight" in Dubai.
09/16/09