no one travels 75 miles by subway - the longest single stretch is 31 miles inside the city. plenty of people do that by train and subway combined though. the k

no one travels 75 miles by subway - the longest single stretch is 31 miles inside the city. plenty of people do that by train and subway combined though. the key difference between "classic" big city commuting and the google commute, is that the SF tech folks are doing a REVERSE commute out of a city center. the "classic" commute scenario is take a train from a low density area to a high density area, where you switch to bus/subway/cab/walk. subways work great for short haul, trains for long haul. there is a "last mile" problem in the reverse commute that needs the google equivalent of the "johnny cab" to work. its a density and space problem that won't be easily solved, although google may be the first. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x10bfo9_total-recall-homicidal-johnny-cab_fun http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x10bfo9_total-recall-homici... i also would hardly say the MTA is incompetent - it's incredible how reliable the system is - 24x7 subways, reasonably clean cars, electronic clocks to let you know the next train time. even the trains out to the burbs work well.