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Well I got an Uber from my office to Union station, as the metro in DC isn’t great. Obviously no need for an Uber in New York as I could get the subway. Had I

by chgs 2y ago

Well I got an Uber from my office to Union station, as the metro in DC isn’t great. Obviously no need for an Uber in New York as I could get the subway. Had I flown to Miami I’d still need a taxi to my hotel, just like I did from the train station. I don’t get that argument.

jazzyjackson 2y ago
Miami has a particularly poor placement for its Amtrak station
saalweachter 2y ago
~Every airport in America has rental cars; basically no train station does.
- Symbiote 2y ago
  Why not? Maybe a vicious cycle of insufficient demand. There are three rental car locations close to Copenhagen Central Station. (Not within it, but within the distance you'd walk around an airport terminal.) Miami station has car rental, I haven't checked any others.
  - saalweachter 2y ago
    Damned if I know; best guess would be a consequence of (a) in decently busy cities train stations tend to be in dense areas where it's not economical to stick a car rental, where airports tend to have some acreage around them where you can stick a rental lot and (b) small towns only get a few trains a day and fewer non-residents detraining, so it's neither worth keeping a rental office open just for the train station or even considering its location, since the fraction of rentals from the train station is small compared to eg people getting a rental while their car is in the shop.
    - chgs 2y ago
      Well why would I need a car downtown - all that traffic, parking, and cost. If I’m going further afield then why would I need to get off the train downtown. When I hire a car at home or the office it gets delivered to my drive.
easton 2y ago
The DC metro isn’t great? Blasphemy! You can get most of the interesting places (including Union Station and both airports) without a car. (unless you’re in one of the dead zones, I suppose. No metro in Georgetown.)
- chgs 2y ago
  Yeah it takes as long to walk to a metro station from my office as it does to sit in the Uber to get to Union.

by chgs 2y ago

jazzyjackson 2y ago

Miami has a particularly poor placement for its Amtrak station

saalweachter 2y ago

~Every airport in America has rental cars; basically no train station does.

Symbiote 2y ago
Why not? Maybe a vicious cycle of insufficient demand. There are three rental car locations close to Copenhagen Central Station. (Not within it, but within the distance you'd walk around an airport terminal.) Miami station has car rental, I haven't checked any others.
- saalweachter 2y ago
  Damned if I know; best guess would be a consequence of (a) in decently busy cities train stations tend to be in dense areas where it's not economical to stick a car rental, where airports tend to have some acreage around them where you can stick a rental lot and (b) small towns only get a few trains a day and fewer non-residents detraining, so it's neither worth keeping a rental office open just for the train station or even considering its location, since the fraction of rentals from the train station is small compared to eg people getting a rental while their car is in the shop.
  - chgs 2y ago
    Well why would I need a car downtown - all that traffic, parking, and cost. If I’m going further afield then why would I need to get off the train downtown. When I hire a car at home or the office it gets delivered to my drive.

easton 2y ago

The DC metro isn’t great? Blasphemy! You can get most of the interesting places (including Union Station and both airports) without a car. (unless you’re in one of the dead zones, I suppose. No metro in Georgetown.)

chgs 2y ago
Yeah it takes as long to walk to a metro station from my office as it does to sit in the Uber to get to Union.