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Japan also has a ridiculously high appetite for rail transport. It's so high that they employ pushers to squish the public into the trains. http://www.bbc.com/
by vacri 9y ago
Japan also has a ridiculously high appetite for rail transport. It's so high that they employ pushers to squish the public into the trains.
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170613-striking-photos-show-the-reality-of-the-tokyo-commute http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170613-striking-photos-sh...
"Wolf ... visited a publisher in Tokyo with a portfolio of the images. “He just flicked through them in about 30 seconds, and he said ‘so what?’,”... “I said ‘what do you mean “so what?” – it’s a nightmare, don’t you see that?’ He said: ‘what do you mean it’s a nightmare, I’ve been doing this for 40 years of my life every day – it’s normal.’”
- ams6110 9y agoPacked trains like that are common during rush hours. I've been on Chicago "el" cars packed so full you couldn't even get an arm out to hold on to anything.
- artwr 9y agoThe good thing being that in this case, you do not need to hold anything. You are being held :)
- vacri 9y agoDoes Chicago hire people-pushers? Plenty of videos available https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=japan+train+pushers https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=japan+train+pus...
- madeofpalk 9y agoWhen I travelled to the US I was shocked at how squished public transport can be in New York, SF and LA (heh).
- hudibras 9y agoThe biggest difference between packed trains in Japan and the U.S. is when "just one more person" tries to get on the train. In Japan, everybody will sigh and groan and shuffle around to make a bit more room. In America, the riders near the door will stiff-arm the guy back onto the platform. "Next train, buddy..."