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"NYC is easily the city most connected by public transit in the US." I wonder if there could possibly be reasons why people don't want to ride public transit (

• downrightmike 3y ago
  They're barely keeping it together, def not on time. They need serious upgrades to deal with ancient infrastructure and capacity.
  • JimtheCoder 3y ago
    The times I've taken the subway in NYC...if my biggest complaint was that they were not on time, I would be a happy guy.
    • credit_guy 3y ago
      I guess for the people who don't live in NYC, an explanation is needed. Subways in NYC are dirty. Like hell. And lots of homeless people ride them. A subway car with one or a few homeless people in is not pleasant to ride in. From the olfactory point of view. And sometimes from the safety point of view too. But there's some improvement too. About half a decade ago subways stared to consistently stop between stations. You would stay there between stations for multiple minutes. Almost every day. This was discussed here on HN [1]. Well, one way or another, this stopped being a problem. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16577171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16577171