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Grem posted:Schadenfreude is on the normal people who don't give a gently caress about mass transit yet still try to read this thread. I disagree. I enjoy seeing presumed functional adults have a conniption when faced with the idea of numbered transit lines. e: The schadenfreude is on anyone who clicked “›” to read this.
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Random Stranger posted:Miami has one of those as well. We'll they did put Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook on the map...
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oh are we talking about "why even bother" transit projects? here is the phoenix light-rail line  here is the above map area overlaid on a map of phoenix  (note: the basic phoenix street grid, which is obvious in the satellite image to the west and south of the light rail, is made up of 1-mile squares. so you have a sense of scale) Sagebrush has a new favorite as of 05:38 on Dec 16, 2016 |
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Once again Detroit wins with their 3 mile long Q Line down Woodward Ave: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QLine
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All public transport systems are shameful compared to the perfection that the Swiss have achieved.
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Sagebrush posted:oh are we talking about "why even bother" transit projects? And it stops running after like 11pm. Our it used to I think. Really is just lovely.
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Solice Kirsk posted:And it stops running after like 11pm. Our it used to I think. Really is just lovely. Show some respect. That light rail gave us the Light Rail Ninja video
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Grem posted:Schadenfreude is on the normal people who don't give a gently caress about mass transit yet still try to read this thread. Here in Minnesota we only have bike trails, mass transit is for the weak.
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How tragic is it to have a hobby as harmless as train watching and having even that get hosed over https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su-DMP_z_rs
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This reminds me of a whale watching trip I did earlier this year. We were expecting this humpback to come up in this spot for a breach and I was primed with burst shot. Well some other rear end-gently caress of a boat decided to cut in front of us right at that moment.  Assholes.
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I love the physics of this. This guy is a professional too.
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Did someone say public transport? Meet Tuffi!  She was fine   The elephant falling is unfortunately a composite done after the fact. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuffi
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I like to think this guy was committing some crime and this was how he was apprehended.
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Henchman of Santa posted:I like to think this guy was committing some crime and this was how he was apprehended. I like to imagine its like the go-to prank down at the Christmas tree lot. Like the equivalent of the hot foot in baseball. Its probably true actually, I bet they pull that one someone once a day.
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Henchman of Santa posted:I like to think this guy was committing some crime and this was how he was apprehended. The crime was letting quality trees like those go for clearance like prices!
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I love the hands-on-hips at the end when he finally gives up chasing after it.
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xergm posted:I love the hands-on-hips at the end when he finally gives up chasing after it. They cut off the ending where it rolls into Chekhov.
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xergm posted:I love the hands-on-hips at the end when he finally gives up chasing after it. Reposting for classic hands-on-hips reaction. Pardon the meme, it was far and away the best version I could find. 
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Gorilla Salad posted:Bigger signs Neither is learning where the gently caress the train goes by looking at a map. Let's hope you never change where your train terminals are because then you get to change every sign on the entire route.
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Bird in a Blender posted:Neither is learning where the gently caress the train goes by looking at a map. Let's hope you never change where your train terminals are because then you get to change every sign on the entire route. You mean like you already do every time the transit authority decides to gently caress with routing? 
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No, you see, just because every other country in the world does it like that is no reason for New York to start. Naming things by where they actually go? Insanity! Remember, this whole thing was started off by New Yorkers coming in and posting about how bad their subway lines are. It reminds me of that Onion article "‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens"
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That slip completely saved her (his?) life. She would have gotten creamed by that car otherwise.
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Gorilla Salad posted:Bigger signs Times Square-42nd Street is a transit nexus where a single sign showing which way to go can have 9 services on it. You gonna put 9 full names on a sign hanging over everyone's heads and still be readable?
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Keep going guys I'm sure we'll finally crack this mass transit nut.
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chitoryu12 posted:Times Square-42nd Street is a transit nexus where a single sign showing which way to go can have 9 services on it. You gonna put 9 full names on a sign hanging over everyone's heads and still be readable? ...Have smaller hubs?
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Aerdan posted:...Have smaller hubs? It's a multitude of combined stations that stretch 3 or 4 blocks thanks to connecting tunnels between them. It's more convenient for people to walk under the street and buildings without having to deal with crosswalks, so all the stations around there are connected in some way. Every station also has more than enough signage to point the way toward each and every train you can reach from any point in the station, so for big hubs like that you end up with as many as 9 services listed on one sign. As you travel, they split off down different corridors and staircases.  The red, blue, and purple services up there are divided between two different stations several city blocks apart. There's just a huge tunnel you can use.
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the ghost of brother johnathan smiles upon this thread today
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Dex posted:the ghost of brother johnathan smiles upon this thread today What exactly happened to him?
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Gorilla Salad posted:No, you see, just because every other country in the world does it like that is no reason for New York to start. Naming things by where they actually go? Insanity! You should tell London to change the Picadilly line to the Heathrow Terminal 5 - Cockfosters line, it's funnier that way.
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AFewBricksShy posted:That slip completely saved her (his?) life. She would have gotten creamed by that car otherwise. Good call, I almost missed that.
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Gorilla Salad posted:Here's a jellyfish less than 2cm long, completely invisible in the water, whose sting you can't even feel, but will make your heart explode. well that's a whole lot of nope concentrated into something small. This is why I avoid the ocean 
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marshmallow creep posted:What exactly happened to him? thought of hand beezies and died
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marshmallow creep posted:What exactly happened to him? He was made mod of PYF and then melted down slowly over the course of a few months, then blew up at the admins, who demodded him and made fun of him.
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Bird in a Blender posted:You should tell London to change the Picadilly line to the Heathrow Terminal 5 - Cockfosters line, it's funnier that way. I wish they would. The world needs more ridiculous naming conventions.
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