Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Addendum to How a Subway System Matures a Metropolis

Honorable mentions: Paris, Moscow, Singapore, Hong Kong

New York isn't in the top five, because the system is unclear (especially the distinction between express and regular cars), MTA just killed the one-day pass, and the stations just look old and dank, especially north of Central Park. For a country always looking for someone to sue, it's surprising they haven't built the barriers next to the tracks at the platforms, like Asian metro systems have.

Amsterdam isn't in the top five, because there aren't enough stations near locations people actually want to go to (more built according to distance, rather than need). The payment system does not cater for visitors, (no day passes) but then again everything visitors need to go to in the city, is within walking distance anyway.

And Dubai's subway isn't actually done.

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