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It really depends on the place. This article focuses on New York which has a really bad subway system. In Boston they would reach a similar conclusion as well.
by armchairhacker 4y ago
It really depends on the place. This article focuses on New York which has a really bad subway system. In Boston they would reach a similar conclusion as well. But if they were focusing on Prague or Spain or Japan or Singapore or any system which isn't decades-old and falling apart, they would find riding transit is much faster than driving.
Ik it's a dumb spin but if anything, this is reason to improve New York's subway system. Trains should be faster for any non-negligible distance, even counting walking and waiting for the train, as they can go a lot faster and don't have to deal with stoplights or traffic. And trains (even the ones in NY) are much better in terms of efficiency, productivity (can read or work on the train), and climate. The issue is, that trains are a huge long-term investment, and a lot of these broken railway systems need huge renovations. We need someone to put billions into this, of course it will save billions in the coming decades, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.
- MiddleEndian 4y ago>In Boston they would reach a similar conclusion as well Really depends where you're going to and from, if you take into account parking+walking afterwards (not taken into account by google maps), traffic, etc. The subway can be a lot faster than driving. Buses and/or commuter rail, usually not so much. Lots of room (and some plans) for improvements there.
- juve1996 4y agoThe few times I visited Boston I thought the subways were fantastic - got me almost everywhere in the city close enough to walk. Was it faster A to B than a car? Maybe not in drive times. But I didn't need to find parking, which can be very time consuming (or extremely expensive.)
- acdha 4y agoAlso the stress levels are wildly different: get on the T, open a book and relax versus dealing with confused tourists and crazed Uber drivers against a backdrop of shoddily-patched roads and indifferent signage.
- upbeat_general 4y agoIsn’t NY one of the best subway systems in the US? I’m not saying it’s good but it’s certainly better than most other US cities meaning it’s close to the best transit vs driving comparison in the US.
- thrown_22 4y agoYes, by far. It is still one of the worst large systems in the world. Kiev's was more reliable than NYC's (and cleaner) before the war, make of that what you will.