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I am a NYC native that left for the warm weather of Los Angeles. The city has a long way to catch up to pretty much every city of its size, but he has done more
by donretag 11y ago
I am a NYC native that left for the warm weather of Los Angeles. The city has a long way to catch up to pretty much every city of its size, but he has done more in the past year than NYC has done in decades.
It is hard to critique the NYC subway since it does cover a lot of ground and it is 24/7. I have been to cities like Tokyo, and I still prefer the subway (commuter and long distance trains is another matter). Only one company, one fare, very simple.
"Can we add transit on par with European counterparts?"
Has the author ever been to Europe? The NYC subway is far bigger than the London Underground. A really quick search found the following comparison:
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/travel/infograph-the-nyc-subway-versus-subways-around-the-world http://www.timeout.com/newyork/travel/infograph-the-nyc-subw...
- stegosaurus 11y agoThat article is a bit odd. It has a graph of fare prices which shows the LU as being absurdly expensive. It is expensive, but not that much (about half). I've seen single digit numbers of people using paper tickets, and most of those were probably travelcards. No-one pays the cash fare, we use Oyster (smart card). The cash fare has been artificially inflated in price to force people onto the smart cards.