The suburban rail in Boston is very much commuter rail. I live about 50 miles west (pretty near a station though I have to drive) and I'll absolutely take it for a 9-5ish urban event. But it's completely useless for anything in the evening.
Its good in NYC for american standards. For european standards the NYC subway is abominable. The smells, the grime, the homeless, its honestly like visiting the 6th ring of hell. Source: I am a european living in NYC.
Compared to rest of US? Maybe. Compared to Europe? Absolutely not.
I don't think so, the busiest lines of the London subway ("tube") don't even have AC.
I also rode the subway in Paris some years ago and it wasn't anything to write home about.
If they ran the suburban rail more frequently Boston would have a phenomenal system.
The suburban rail in Boston is very much commuter rail. I live about 50 miles west (pretty near a station though I have to drive) and I'll absolutely take it for a 9-5ish urban event. But it's completely useless for anything in the evening.
NJ Transit is commuter rail and they made it not suck by providing usable evening and weekend service.
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Its good in NYC for american standards. For european standards the NYC subway is abominable. The smells, the grime, the homeless, its honestly like visiting the 6th ring of hell. Source: I am a european living in NYC.
It’s not much different from Paris subway. We should still strive for better - Taipei is a much better model than any European city.
Paris as a city has gone very downhill the past 5-10 years. The subway there is a prime example.
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The bitter truth.