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    1. Nick Zaiac‏ @NickZaiac May 21
      Replying to @uncriticalsimon

      Of course. That said, my #1 rule of urban policy analysis: Never compare other cities to New York in all but exceptional cases. It's an outlier on transit ridership even compared to Boston and DC that makes for a bad example.

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    2. Simon‏ @uncriticalsimon May 21
      Replying to @NickZaiac

      Well, unless comparing with London or Paris 😉 My memory of the Boston T is that the trains were infrequent and overcrowded and the stations looked old and not in a good way.

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    3. Nick Zaiac‏ @NickZaiac May 21
      Replying to @uncriticalsimon

      That's true! Their problems stem from the city's antiquated branching system, lack of station investment, and need for a giant N-S tunnel to allow through-running. At least it mostly separates commuter and urban rail.

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    4. Simon‏ @uncriticalsimon May 21
      Replying to @NickZaiac

      Some (well @380kmh) would say that that's a bad thing.

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    5. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh May 21
      Replying to @uncriticalsimon @NickZaiac

      yes--the separation btw urban and commuter rail is what forces the need for a single NS tunnel for regional connectivity, rather than using through-running on the subways to get four such tunnels. Ideally, commuter rail rolling stock and frequency would be similar to subway

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    6. Simon‏ @uncriticalsimon May 21
      Replying to @380kmh @NickZaiac

      I'd disagree - commuter rail needs more seats, urban rail needs more doors and standing room.

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    7. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh May 21
      Replying to @uncriticalsimon @NickZaiac

      Beg to differ--or at least to say that the difference in seat/standing ratio and door count ought to be much less pronounced that people in the Anglosphere think

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    8. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh May 21
      Replying to @380kmh @uncriticalsimon @NickZaiac

      At a bare minimum: differences in seat arrangement, standing room, and door count do not require any differences in carriage dimensions, loading gauge, power source, etc--ought to be interoperable with subways even if slightly different inside

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    9. Simon‏ @uncriticalsimon May 21
      Replying to @380kmh @NickZaiac

      Unless you have platform edge doors, when different door layouts do cause problems. Or a legacy system with a very tight loading gauge, small carriages, live rails, rubber tyres etc (as with both Paris and London).

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    10. Simon‏ @uncriticalsimon May 21
      Replying to @uncriticalsimon @380kmh @NickZaiac

      I think WMATA and BART were just built to be gratitutiously incompatible with everything else, mind.

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      Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh May 21
      Replying to @uncriticalsimon @NickZaiac

      lmao, entirely true for those systems

      9:11 AM - 21 May 2018
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