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i take via along the windsor-montreal corridor every couple months to go visit some friends out in the boonies. the trains top out somewhere around 130kph, but thanks to dozens of at grade crossings out in the sticks you'll only see those speeds in the urban parts of the corridor. still, it's about an hour and fifty minutes to make a ~250km trip and business class is comfortable and roomy enough. travelling on a friday evening is the best because the crew will make 4x the usual number of rounds with the drink cart, and if the crew is from montreal they're mighty generous with their pours. via had a high speed rail service back in the 70s and 80s, it managed to plow through a truck on its maiden voyage. it was hamstrung to half speed thanks to the level crossings, and eventually died out because of it.
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Cygni posted:ive taken acela from DC to NYC or bmore a bunch of times and its def faster than flying if you count early arrival time at the airport and getting to JFK and crap. DC to NYC is 3 hours by acela to penn station, or an hour 15 minutes by air plus early arrival and a cab or subway ride. ill take the train. it used to be like $80 boston -> nyc and i haven't had any problems getting to either airport on time. A train to JFK, silver line to logan. flight takes like an hour in comparison accela was like $300 and took almost 3 hours
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Beeftweeter posted:it used to be like $80 boston -> nyc and i haven't had any problems getting to either airport on time. A train to JFK, silver line to logan. flight takes like an hour yeah dc-nyc accela is almost 3 hours and its $150 one way if it were 2 hours or less id pay it the bus is $20-30 one way and takes 4-5 hours depending on traffic
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Beeftweeter posted:it used to be like $80 boston -> nyc and i haven't had any problems getting to either airport on time. A train to JFK, silver line to logan. flight takes like an hour ur first problem was going to boston as shole!!
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Cygni posted:ur first problem was going to boston as shole!! if you read really closely you might see that i left boston
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there was just about only one time that i was affected by a major delay on the northeastern line. i was on the way back home from ny when the train stopped and we were stuck there for about 45 minutes, maybe over an hour. there was a stopped train on a track next to ours, and we had people come over onto ours to continue the route. when the train eventually started moving again, we passed numerous numbered placards on the train track. when i got to the train station the next morning, there was maybe an hour and a half lag on every northeast line's schedule. i talked to a couple people and it turned out someone jumped in front of that train that was stopped.
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Beeftweeter posted:accela or whatever it was called still blew when i took it literally once because it was almost 4x the price as a plane ticket at the time and 3x slower acela usually costs more than flying because it's worth it. i'd rather smash my dick with a hammer than rely on the dca<=>lga<=>bos commuter flights
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Beeftweeter posted:it used to be like $80 boston -> nyc and i haven't had any problems getting to either airport on time. A train to JFK, silver line to logan. flight takes like an hour lga, jfk, and bos are all, individually, in the top 5 worst airports for delays. flying between them just means you miss appointments a lot the silver line can go gently caress itself for similar reasons
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Notorious b.s.d. posted:lga, jfk, and bos are all, individually, in the top 5 worst airports for delays. flying between them just means you miss appointments a lot the silver line is like the least hosed up part of the T
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because it's actually a bus, lomarf
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http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20151230/ohare/for-one-ohare-traveler-cross-country-train-is-faster-than-flying
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minivanmegafun posted:http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20151230/ohare/for-one-ohare-traveler-cross-country-train-is-faster-than-flying if she booked a sleeper car, that owns if she just has a regular seat, lol
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ugh that's the stop by my office... it's truly amazing seeing 7 streetcars come through within 5 minutes and then none for 27 make queen st a dedicated streetcar line like spadina IMO 
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at the date posted:The worst things to put on fries that I have heard of, an exhaustive list: your evil knows no bounds and I will actually fight you irl over this ketchup can get hosed though
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minivanmegafun posted:man garlic aioli or béchamel are amazing on fries im basically the official SA Toronto thread ambassador at this point and I will take you for beer and poutine if you want
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dev286 posted:Toronto mixed traffic streetcars are awful compared to true LRT or subways. However even though they get stuck in traffic like a bus, a streetcar is wayyyy more pleasant and comfortable than a bus. Quieter, smooth ride (depending on the driver) and just generally better. I purposely take the streetcar to work a lot over the subway even though its a slightly longer ride because the ride is impossibly smooth and pleasant. I get lots of nice sunlight and I can read and listen to music and old ladies are really thankful when you help lift their little shopping cart things off the streetcar for them 
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infernal machines posted:basically, yes, it's called Metrolinx or GO. there's buses on many routes too. ugggghhhh distilling the last 15 years like that is like drinking concentrated bile ugghh nuke etobicoke
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god I loving love transit chat I LOVE TRANSIT CHAT
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Moist von Lipwig posted:your evil knows no bounds and I will actually fight you irl over this ahahaha thank you for quoting this fucktard and reminding me of this epically fail post LOL
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Moist von Lipwig posted:god I loving love transit chat I LOVE TRANSIT CHAT
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went to the new york transit museum and saw some classic trains and a macbook. pretty yospos if you ask me.
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Moist von Lipwig posted:god I loving love transit chat I LOVE TRANSIT CHAT
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The Leck posted:went to the new york transit museum and saw some classic trains and a macbook. pretty yospos if you ask me. what nye plans do u have?
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The Leck posted:went to the new york transit museum and saw some classic trains and a macbook. pretty yospos if you ask me. is that at hoyt? a friend of mine used to be a subway operator (and holy poo poo they make good money) and he was telling me that it's on the same track as the side that always has the power shut off
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Moist von Lipwig posted:god I loving love transit chat I LOVE TRANSIT CHAT
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counterpoint on the Pearson - Union train line: I flew into pearson at 5am and took the UP, and it was pretty dece. If I had arrived at human-hours, I would have just taken the real bus but.
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bartlebyshop posted:counterpoint on the Pearson - Union train line: I flew into pearson at 5am and took the UP, and it was pretty dece. If I had arrived at human-hours, I would have just taken the real bus but. UPX is great, too bad it has less than half the minimum level of ridership needed to make it feasible. there's a reason snc lavalin backed out of the P3 to operate and manage the line, and metrolinx is loving stupid to think they were somehow going to manage 100% fare recovery and still have anyone ride it. maybe after another couple years of ghost trains riding empty night and day metrolinx will decide to take the money they're burning running trains with no one in them and use it to subsidize the fare down to like $5 so it's a practical alternative to an airport limo.
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infernal machines posted:UPX is great, too bad it has less than half the minimum level of ridership needed to make it feasible. there's a reason snc lavalin backed out of the P3 to operate and manage the line, and metrolinx is loving stupid to think they were somehow going to manage 100% fare recovery and still have anyone ride it. i've never ridden it during the day, it's crazy to me that people pay like 4-5x the cost of the TTC to ride UPX during the day. I think midnight - 5am is the only time I'd pay to take it.
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well generally people don't pay that to ride it during the day, that's the thing. it goes pretty much directly between my place and a client's site near the airport, so i take it occasionally, and the busiest i've ever seen it was 7 other passengers on the whole train. approx 2500 people per day ride it, and that's with ~8 trains per hour (4 in each direction). metrolinx projected 5000 ppd by the end of this year, and the breakeven at the current fare price is 7k or 8K ppd. it's basically hosed. the main problem is the for $19-$27 dollars per trip, basically going only from union to the airport, it's not competitive with anything. TTC is 1/5th the price and you'd have to take it anyway unless you're staying right downtown, and an airport limo is ~$60, meaning it's price competitive as you as you have two or more people and it has door to door service. upx only makes sense if you're travelling alone during rush hour, where at least you won't get stuck in traffic on the 427
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it also only runs from 5:30am to 1am. so 78 two-car trains to move an average of 2500 people
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New York gives up and announces its futuristic ticketing solution: motherfucking QR codes  yes lets put a payment system that relies on good image quality in a dirty and vandalism-prone environment
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Jimmy Carter posted:New York gives up and announces its futuristic ticketing solution: loving lol
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Jimmy Carter posted:New York gives up and announces its futuristic ticketing solution: wow lol
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Jimmy Carter posted:New York gives up and announces its futuristic ticketing solution: The RFPs do request NFC for payments, hopefully both will be supported.
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MrMoo posted:The RFPs do request NFC for payments, hopefully both will be supported. QR codes could make sense in some limited circumstances let tourists pre-buy some transit passes before they arrive in NYC so they dont have to line up at machines
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the screenshot decodes to FTMAQKFROAXWMEQBZLKNMDPLGVUOUZZKEXTGEBIOIOSGYLZGDOSHVFOPMETXWJURLLYQHHCECZWYPDYOXYYTPFUOUSSQWRYUGVDKAYHRHJOYVWVRFNHHXJCRMVWMJMENTNZNXXSOOAFBLJGSURXYQDDPEMVWUDQGYVOUFLRUAUZUFLYPOYSKWQJCQEPQMWJNQWFKGQKUCKMYJIBNBMYWQHPVTTWIZOAALFCLKNSEXXZWJPEKKBQRFQVIRZLXVMYYUIPRQFJHKYSUMHJSKXUWLVQSMJGHSVEAVWHERYQXFEPQVYOGSB Actual data, or someone mashing a keyboard and making a comp?
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Shaggar non-compliant transportation opening in 2016 in North America: Heavy Rail: BART Warm Springs Extension - 5.4mi New York’s Second Avenue Subway (Phase 1) - 1.3mi Light Rail: Dallas’ South Oak Cliff Blue Line Extension - 2.6mi Denver’s R Line - 10.5mi Los Angeles’ Expo Line (Phase 2) and Gold Line Extension to Azusa - 6.6mi and 11.3mi Phoenix’s Northwest Extension (Phase 1) - 3.1mi Seattle’s University Link and South 200th Link Extension - 3.2mi and 1.6mi Commuter Rail: the Bay Area’s SMART Train (Phase 1) - 43mi Boston’s Wachusett Extension - 4.5mi Denver’s A Line, B Line, and G Line - 23.5mi, 6.2mi, and 11.2mi Los Angeles’ Perris Valley Line - 21mi Streetcar: Cincinnati’s Streetcar - 1.8mi Dallas’ Oak Cliff Streetcar Extension - 1.9mi Detroit’s M-1 Rail - 3.3mi Kansas City’s Streetcar - 2mi New Orleans’ North Rampart/St. Claude Line - 2.5mi St. Louis’ Loop Trolley - 2.2mi Seattle’s First Hill Streetcar - 2.5mi Washington’s H Street/Benning Road Line - 2.4mi Bus Rapid Transit: Arlington Virginia’s Crystal City-Potomac Yard Transitway the Bay Area’s Alum Rock/Santa Clara BRT Denver’s Flatiron Flyer (U.S. 36) El Paso’s Brio Alameda Jacksonville’s First Coast Flyer Southeast Line Las Vegas’ Flamingo Corridor Mexico City’s Línea 6 Toronto’s Viva Highway 7 West/Vaughan Vancouver Washington’s Vine Major redeveloped stations: Chicago’s Washington/Wabash Station Los Angeles’ Bob Hope Airport/Hollywood Way Station Miami’s Central Station New Jersey’s Westmont Station New York’s World Trade Center Transportation Center
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