I love how the NYC subway is quite literally falling apart, by far the most decrepit unsafe looking metro system ive ever been on, and this is where they decide to spend money
That sucks to hear as someone who’s never been on a subway other than in GTA4. Being able to go from one end of my city to the other without driving sounds nice.
Not to say there isn’t tons of work to be done but “dingy looking” and ancient =/= unsafe and falling apart. Shit’s still safer than driving a car, for example, and it’s certainly falling apart less than the T in boston
There’s tons of work to be done to make it a modern system competitive with other nations in terms of technology, cleanliness, speed, etc., but it’s not to the level of unsafe and falling apart. I’m just a little defensive because this is exactly how people who want to gut transit describe it, and its over-sensationalized.
Just because it’s functional doesn’t mean it’s not a dilapidated shithole. There’s so many trains and routes in the subway that are one bad day away from 6 months of shutdown for maintenance, including some critical bottlenecks between the outer boroughs and Manhattan, and the MTA would rather spend hundreds of millions on security theater.
I love living in a place where public transit is a legitimate option, but much like the bridge in Baltimore I’m just waiting to see the whole thing collapse under it’s own weight while the rich fucks in charge just shrug their shoulders and inform us it’ll be $20 billion into their pockets and 15 years to get 40% functionality back.
Theoretically, walking is more dangerous than driving per kilometer. But what this statistic ignores is that you do not walk the same distance that you drive. It also ignores the health benefits of exercise.
I love how the NYC subway is quite literally falling apart, by far the most decrepit unsafe looking metro system ive ever been on, and this is where they decide to spend money
That sucks to hear as someone who’s never been on a subway other than in GTA4. Being able to go from one end of my city to the other without driving sounds nice.
It’s amazing honestly, I only wish they would keep making it better where I live instead of letting it get rusty while increasing the price
Not to say there isn’t tons of work to be done but “dingy looking” and ancient =/= unsafe and falling apart. Shit’s still safer than driving a car, for example, and it’s certainly falling apart less than the T in boston
Now compare it to other countries not other US cities.
Lmao. Collapsing fucking empire with good PR.
There’s tons of work to be done to make it a modern system competitive with other nations in terms of technology, cleanliness, speed, etc., but it’s not to the level of unsafe and falling apart. I’m just a little defensive because this is exactly how people who want to gut transit describe it, and its over-sensationalized.
Just because it’s functional doesn’t mean it’s not a dilapidated shithole. There’s so many trains and routes in the subway that are one bad day away from 6 months of shutdown for maintenance, including some critical bottlenecks between the outer boroughs and Manhattan, and the MTA would rather spend hundreds of millions on security theater.
I love living in a place where public transit is a legitimate option, but much like the bridge in Baltimore I’m just waiting to see the whole thing collapse under it’s own weight while the rich fucks in charge just shrug their shoulders and inform us it’ll be $20 billion into their pockets and 15 years to get 40% functionality back.
Very true just giving my worthless outsider’s perspective I guess. Almost anything anyone does is safer than driving a car, isn’t it ?
Theoretically, walking is more dangerous than driving per kilometer. But what this statistic ignores is that you do not walk the same distance that you drive. It also ignores the health benefits of exercise.
You haven’t been to Boston recently then.
Thankfully not