Gothamist: Quick Subway Hits

tiamat

Sun, 07 Mar 2004 02:23:56 -0500

subwayphobe? tourist? don't be such a tool. i don't recall seeing criticism of the convenience of the nyc subway. i however fail to see how 24-hour convenience has anything to do with the hideous urine smells.

Not Tiamat

Sat, 06 Mar 2004 18:43:32 -0500

Tiamat, you missed the point, you subwayphobe/tourist/ninny! I'll keep my 24/7 subway and metrocards, thank you very much. Letterman's Top 10 NYC Tourist questions: 10. "Does it always smell like this?" http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/top_ten/archive/ls_topten_archive2001/ls_topten_archive_20010803.shtml Hehe

Oudemia

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 12:05:23 -0500

I thought Budapest had the oldest subway, but am too lazy to look that up.

Ash

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 11:49:58 -0500

hmmm... I think i own the trade mark to the phrase "quick hits."

Marc

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 10:11:03 -0500

I'm not sure about the scale of the maps, but I recall from recently reading Clifton Hood's book 722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York that the total track miles for the New York City subway is such a high number because both the local and express tracks are counted separately.

Jen

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 09:45:42 -0500

It's not 125 miles from the north Bronx to Coney Island?

tiamat

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 09:39:26 -0500

thank you "not tiamat" for the insight into the dc metro, one of many major subway systems of the world. the nyc subway still smells.

Mike

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 09:04:00 -0500

I'm rather dubious about the subway comparison site, actually -- according to it, it's 125 miles from the north Bronx to Coney Island.

dragonballyee

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 23:41:09 -0500

24/7. is any other subway system 24/7?

Not Tiamat

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 22:24:33 -0500

Hey Tiamat, go read this: http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/opinions/what_lies_beneath.php#002731 and get back to us in the morning

r.

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 19:32:45 -0500

My favorite subway in the world has to be Tokyo's - it is to NYC's subway what NYC's subway is to Chicago's. There is that small issue of being closed during the wee hours and packed as all hell during the others, though.

tien

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 18:28:27 -0500

i love me some subway smell!!

Mase

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 17:20:10 -0500

Regarding ventilation systems, I believe that the Grand Central one (a real nice breath of cool air in the summer) is a test project and is to be done in more stations. Unfortunately, I could be wrong.

corie

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 17:02:33 -0500

And our subway system isn't antiquated? The city refused to put in further ventilation in the mid-20th century, despite the fact that systems such as Paris were beginning to implement them. Had they done this, one would actually be able to stand in the Union Square station without feeling faint on hot summer days. This is one example of many issues that the city didn't start to address until the late 1990's. While the system has gotten much better in the past 10 years, it's still hopelessly behind others. I don't think size is really an excuse. No matter what, though, I love my NYC subways. Even if they're stinky, hot, and dirty.

straphanger

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:53:48 -0500

he jumped. i'm still not sure why it reported as an accident. he was apparently taken to the hospital, but i really don't see how he could have possibly survived.

Simon

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:48:24 -0500

Boston had indeed the first subway, and they are oh so proud of it, just like they are proud of their Red Sox. Funny how both have now become antiquated and ineffective, in a quaint nostalgic sort of way. http://members.aol.com/netransit/private/tss/tssnews.html

tiamat

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:44:26 -0500

longest, second longest...it doesnt matter. the new york subway still reigns as the foulest of all the major subways of the world.

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:42:22 -0500

wow, incredible. what is amazing to me is that I have walked the length of Barcelona or Vienna many times here in manhattan. scale is an amazing thing. Would be cool too if these were overlayed on a larger scale...

mase

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 14:58:45 -0500

I thought NYC's system was the longest with 722 miles of track: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/067167756X/qid=1078430104//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/102-0446912-3069706?v=glance&n=507846

Marc

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 14:40:48 -0500

Actually, I believe the first stretch of Boston's subway predates New York's by a couple of years. Not sure of the date, though.

Ajit

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 14:37:13 -0500

To clarify, an eyewitness told me that the man at Fulton jumped in front of the train. It wasn't an accident, and it definitely caused chaos along the Lex ave line for about an hour (today would have been a bad day if UES workers like me had been polled for their commute times). Does anyone have more info about this? The wildest experience today was being on a 4 trapped between bowling green and borough hall that was going BACKWARDS! to drop us all at borough hall before stopping again and letting us know that normal service was about to resume.

Jared the Subway Guy

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 14:35:06 -0500

New York has the third oldest subway system (NYC 1904, Paris 1900, London 1863). New York is the second *longest* subway system (London is the longest). New York has the highest number of stops/stations, which arguably means that it's the largest subway system in the world. (More stops=more places to go=most complex system)