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It's pretty good in NYC. I heard it's nice in Boston too.
by eloisant 9mo ago
It's pretty good in NYC. I heard it's nice in Boston too.
- clickety_clack 9mo agoIf they ran the suburban rail more frequently Boston would have a phenomenal system.
- ghaff 9mo agoThe suburban rail in Boston is very much commuter rail. I live about 50 miles west (pretty near a station though I have to drive) and I'll absolutely take it for a 9-5ish urban event. But it's completely useless for anything in the evening.
- kevin_thibedeau 9mo agoNJ Transit is commuter rail and they made it not suck by providing usable evening and weekend service.
- ghaff 9mo agoDifferent cities. Different transport situations. I'm not convinced I would take commuter rail in and out of where I live to Boston even if it ran more frequently. Chicken and egg and all that but it's empty in the evening as it is. Even the reverse commute in the evening is annoying but then it's quite straightforward to go home. There are usually reasonable parking options. Personally, not sure I'd use it outside of rush-hour in and back.
- kevin_thibedeau 9mo agoThe point is, NJT had poor limited service 25 years ago and rectified it.
- krige 9mo agoCompared to rest of US? Maybe. Compared to Europe? Absolutely not.
- drnick1 9mo agoI don't think so, the busiest lines of the London subway ("tube") don't even have AC. I also rode the subway in Paris some years ago and it wasn't anything to write home about.
- quotz 9mo agoIts good in NYC for american standards. For european standards the NYC subway is abominable. The smells, the grime, the homeless, its honestly like visiting the 6th ring of hell. Source: I am a european living in NYC.