21 May 2009
Why Mass Transit Sucks in the US
Matthew Yglesias points to an interesting study on world subway systems.
It's just a bunch of maps printed out at the same scale, and you notice a difference between the US and the rest of the world:
Take a look:
London
New York
Tokyo
Moscow
Paris
Chicago
Berlin
Washington, DC
Osaka
San Francisco's BART
Boston
Philadelphia
There some outliers in the rest of the world, Seoul, for example, but the difference, except in New York, is that America does not really build subways, which serve the city and allow you to get around in the city, it builds some sort of light rail, for commuters to get into the city, in yet another subsidy of the American suburb.
It's just a bunch of maps printed out at the same scale, and you notice a difference between the US and the rest of the world:
Take a look:
London
New York
Tokyo
Moscow
Paris
Chicago
Berlin
Washington, DC
Osaka
San Francisco's BART
Boston
Philadelphia
There some outliers in the rest of the world, Seoul, for example, but the difference, except in New York, is that America does not really build subways, which serve the city and allow you to get around in the city, it builds some sort of light rail, for commuters to get into the city, in yet another subsidy of the American suburb.
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