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Once you've used the Tokyo metro it's hard to get that same sweet high on MTA. Tokyo trains are so clean the seats are able to be cushioned and the trains are a

Once you've used the Tokyo metro it's hard to get that same sweet high on MTA. Tokyo trains are so clean the seats are able to be cushioned and the trains are always on time. http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/51f8a431851a4701b610b25c70dfd14e/tokyo-metro-subway-train-empty-seats-e0g715.jpg http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/51f8a431851a4701b610b25c70dfd14e/t...

booleandilemma 9y ago
Any material that can’t be power washed won’t work for the NYC subway.
- dionidium 9y ago
  To call those seats a bad idea for New York would be the understatement of the century.
dionidium 9y ago
I wouldn't compare Tokyo's transit to New York's for the same reason I wouldn't compare almost anything else in Japan to its counterpart in any city in the U.S. It's a wildly different culture. Comparisons are fun, but sort of meaningless, because no city in the States will ever be anything like any city in Japan.
- khedoros1 9y ago
  Which is too bad. Using Japanese trains was wonderful (we specifically avoided traveling during the height of rush hour, though). It what I picture when I'm trying to think positively about using public transit.
  - dionidium 9y ago
    You're focusing on the trains, but it's really the culture that's different, and that extends to all kinds of things. The trains are just one example. But that's why there's no usable information here. We don't have the Japanese culture, so we're not going to get their trains.
    - khedoros1 9y ago
      I was commenting on the fact that "no city in the States will ever be anything like any city in Japan", using the trains as an example of why I'd say that. I could've just as easily mentioned other aspects of that country that I found pleasant, but trains like a good focus, since that's what the whole post is about.
    - mcny 9y ago
      Can you imagine the lawsuits if we were to have staff push people here? https://youtu.be/E7kor5nHtZQ https://youtu.be/E7kor5nHtZQ By the way, as bad as things are in New York MTA, I find it much better than the stupidity of the path train (panynj). We have like four routes to manage and we can't do that properly.

booleandilemma 9y ago

Any material that can’t be power washed won’t work for the NYC subway.

dionidium 9y ago
To call those seats a bad idea for New York would be the understatement of the century.

dionidium 9y ago

I wouldn't compare Tokyo's transit to New York's for the same reason I wouldn't compare almost anything else in Japan to its counterpart in any city in the U.S. It's a wildly different culture. Comparisons are fun, but sort of meaningless, because no city in the States will ever be anything like any city in Japan.

khedoros1 9y ago
Which is too bad. Using Japanese trains was wonderful (we specifically avoided traveling during the height of rush hour, though). It what I picture when I'm trying to think positively about using public transit.
- dionidium 9y ago
  You're focusing on the trains, but it's really the culture that's different, and that extends to all kinds of things. The trains are just one example. But that's why there's no usable information here. We don't have the Japanese culture, so we're not going to get their trains.
  - khedoros1 9y ago
    I was commenting on the fact that "no city in the States will ever be anything like any city in Japan", using the trains as an example of why I'd say that. I could've just as easily mentioned other aspects of that country that I found pleasant, but trains like a good focus, since that's what the whole post is about.
  - mcny 9y ago
    Can you imagine the lawsuits if we were to have staff push people here? https://youtu.be/E7kor5nHtZQ https://youtu.be/E7kor5nHtZQ By the way, as bad as things are in New York MTA, I find it much better than the stupidity of the path train (panynj). We have like four routes to manage and we can't do that properly.