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It should be noted that penn station is literally the crowning achievement of US public transit. Any complaints about it should be viewed through the lens of th
by ramesh31 3y ago
It should be noted that penn station is literally the crowning achievement of US public transit. Any complaints about it should be viewed through the lens of the fact that nothing even remotely comparable exists anywhere else in this country.
- jen20 3y agoSurely Grand Central just ~15 blocks away could be viewed as remotely comparable?
- notatoad 3y agolooks like it's got ~40% less traffic... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_railway_stations_in_North_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_railway_statio...
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y agoEast Side Access[0] was supposed to give it more traffic, but I don’t think it’s working. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Side_Access https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Side_Access
- epc 3y agoIt's not working partly because the LIRR, for reasons beyond comprehension, failed to order additional trainsets and instead is splitting existing trainsets between the three terminals (Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn): https://nypost.com/2023/09/12/lirr-failed-to-order-new-trains-as-promised-for-grand-central-causing-commuter-woes-docs/ https://nypost.com/2023/09/12/lirr-failed-to-order-new-train...
- jcranmer 3y agoThat is true only if you are defining it by number of passengers. By pretty much any other metric, the nearby Grand Central is a better train station.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoBut we're #1 !! At all the things !! USA ! USA ! USA ! Surely, therefore, it makes sense to compare Penn Station to public transit systems/stations anywhere else?
- andbberger 3y agothe crowning achievement of US public transit is arguably the train at the atlanta airport.