Can't think of any transit systems off the top of my head that are pretty but broken. Plenty that are pretty and functional (eg Russian ones), or ugly and functional (eg Japanese ones), or ugly and broken (eg American ones).https://twitter.com/voretaq7/status/938100257891766272 …
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Remember, before trying to make false dichotomies like this, that the whole problem with trains in the USA is that they are DYSFUNCTIONAL, not just that they are ugly.
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It's not a false dichotomy, at least in the case of the NYC subway: We've got infrastructure that's over a century old. Most of the money is going to maintenance to keep that running, and upgrades (CBTC, new rolling stock).
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NYC isn't the only subway of that vintage: why is it in such worse shape than, say, London?
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It honks me off when people post photos of the ugly-ass stations like that's whats wrong with the system: We DO have actual real problems, including a government that's constantly trying to gut the system. Can we PLEASE focus on those and not "Look at the broken tiles!"
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Replying to @voretaq7
"Fake" problems like broken tiles are a direct consequence of "real" ones like malignant neglect by government. People who don't mind the symptom won't do a good job fighting the disease.
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While I agree with that if you want to talk about the symptoms let's talk about concrete collapses. My point was that for every "ugly" station in our system there's a polished turd somewhere where the MTA made it "pretty" without addressing the underlying problems.
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ahh I see what you're getting at--good point
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