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There isn’t in the US, dominated by urban design built for cars, but in many societies it’s entirely possible to have drinks until late and then safely get home

There isn’t in the US, dominated by urban design built for cars, but in many societies it’s entirely possible to have drinks until late and then safely get home via transit.

matthewfelgate 3y ago
In some areas of some countries.
ghaff 3y ago
>saying goodbye to friends at 1 AM in a big city and having to drive one hour to my home in a little town I doubt there are a lot of places where you're replacing that scenario with public transit.
- tsukikage 3y ago
  ...but it's certainly feasible. I've been on the 1am to Abergavenny from Cardiff, and no-one on that train is in any state to drive.
- School-Cotton 3y ago
  At least in New York you could make this work if your little town is on a metro north line. The last trains do leave after 1 AM I believe.
  - ghaff 3y ago
    NYC is not exactly typical although I'm sure there are other one-off examples per the comments, especially if you relax the constraints to 11pm or so. But I'm not sure it's terribly common most places to take a late train to a small town and get home from there without driving from the train station. I think my last commuter rail is around 10:30pm but I'd have little confidence that I could get a taxi/Uber from the train station; it's not that far but certainly not safely walkable especially late at night.
    - Symbiote 3y ago
      It's common surrounding larger cities in many countries. The trains from about 23.00 to about 01.00 in Copenhagen are busy with people going home to the suburbs and beyond. Picking some random village I've never been to, from Copenhagen to Uggeløse (population around 2000) takes 65 minutes, the last connection to the bus requires leaving Copenhagen at 23:16. Picking some other village that's on a railway line (Veksø, population 1800), the trains run all night every 30 minutes on Friday and Saturday nights. On other days the last train is at 00:30-ish. The original claim was from a city to a town, which is easier than either of these examples.
edgyquant 3y ago
No there isnt. You didn’t even read the comment and jumped to a political attack on the US out of habit which is very common from the types that vehemently support public transit

There isn’t in the US, dominated by urban design built for cars, but in many societies it’s entirely possible to have drinks until late and then safely get home via transit.

matthewfelgate 3y ago

In some areas of some countries.

ghaff 3y ago

>saying goodbye to friends at 1 AM in a big city and having to drive one hour to my home in a little town I doubt there are a lot of places where you're replacing that scenario with public transit.

tsukikage 3y ago
...but it's certainly feasible. I've been on the 1am to Abergavenny from Cardiff, and no-one on that train is in any state to drive.
School-Cotton 3y ago
At least in New York you could make this work if your little town is on a metro north line. The last trains do leave after 1 AM I believe.
- ghaff 3y ago
  NYC is not exactly typical although I'm sure there are other one-off examples per the comments, especially if you relax the constraints to 11pm or so. But I'm not sure it's terribly common most places to take a late train to a small town and get home from there without driving from the train station. I think my last commuter rail is around 10:30pm but I'd have little confidence that I could get a taxi/Uber from the train station; it's not that far but certainly not safely walkable especially late at night.
  - Symbiote 3y ago
    It's common surrounding larger cities in many countries. The trains from about 23.00 to about 01.00 in Copenhagen are busy with people going home to the suburbs and beyond. Picking some random village I've never been to, from Copenhagen to Uggeløse (population around 2000) takes 65 minutes, the last connection to the bus requires leaving Copenhagen at 23:16. Picking some other village that's on a railway line (Veksø, population 1800), the trains run all night every 30 minutes on Friday and Saturday nights. On other days the last train is at 00:30-ish. The original claim was from a city to a town, which is easier than either of these examples.

edgyquant 3y ago

No there isnt. You didn’t even read the comment and jumped to a political attack on the US out of habit which is very common from the types that vehemently support public transit