Comments on: DC to enjoy full Metro cell coverage by 2012

By: tewkewl

tewkewl — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:05:49 +0000

US Cities are a disgrace in this regard. I have been all over the world, and mega cities like Tokyo and Seoul not only have far more extensive subway systems than new york, they have lighting fast 3G speeds in all parts of the subway system.

I remember calling folks as I was waiting for a train. Not only that, but the systems are 100% nicer than anything we have in this country.

There are glass double doors and walls that separate the passenger from the train at some stops so that you don’t get that rush of air and don’t have to worry about falling on to the tracks (if you have kids, you know what i’m talking about).

The subways are remarkably clean inside and out. We need to pay more attention to these systems in this country.

But NYC is the best we have in this country, when all’s said and done.

San Francisco has two separate train systems (muni and bart) and they don’t even interesect so that you can transfer! It pissed me off when i lived there.

By: Mitch45

Mitch45 — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:49:15 +0000

Heh. The full-length SAS will be up and running by the time CBTC and ATO will be in effect on all lines. Meaning – NEVER.

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:02:09 +0000

No wonder everyone on Riders’ Diaries thinks Subchat is for abusive idiots.

By: SignalWatcher

SignalWatcher — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:26:20 +0000

No, by the time the tunnels are wired, CBTC and ATO will be in effect on all lines And you’ll be rocking back and forth on the floor of the car having a conniption anyhow

By: SignalWatcher

SignalWatcher — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:24:31 +0000

Can you read? I said LINK, not CREDIT. There are many good reasons why links should be provided. You failed to do so because you are lazy. In the future, when mentioning someone else’s work, provide a link.

By: Mitch45

Mitch45 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:50:51 +0000

Yeah, and I hope you’re a passenger on the train where the motorman is too busy texting or gabbing on his phone to pay attention to what he is doing. Who knows, he might blow a red or do something else to trip the brakes, or worse.

By: Mitch45

Mitch45 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:48:55 +0000

I did give him credit. I specifically said that there was a topic on the Second Avenue Sagas blog about this topic. Can’t you read? I didn’t provide a link because the good people at SubChat are quite able to find this site by themselves.

And I wanted to get the opinions of people other than those on this site.

By: SignalWatcher

SignalWatcher — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:20:50 +0000

Don’t you hate when someone (ahem, Mitch45, above) starts a conversation somewhere else about what you have written, but then doesn’t have the courtesy include a link? They never learn…

http://www.subchat.com/read.asp?Id=752394

I HOPE they wire the NYC subway for cell service. Mitch45 would have a conniption

By: Mitch45

Mitch45 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:48:43 +0000

NO NO NO cell phones in the subways. PLEASE!!

I have to hear every yenta, housefrau and gum-cracking teen yacking on the LIRR every day about absolute nonsense, like which schools their precious kids got into, what colors their new kitchens are going to be, which guy didn’t call them back last night, et al. Like some other people above, I breathe a sigh of relief when the train enters a tunnel and these yakkers get cut off. PLEASE no cell phones in the subway!

By: rhywun

rhywun — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:43:36 +0000

Oh dear god. “BEEP-BEEP! Yo, wassup?” “BEEP-BEEP! Nothin’ much.” I’d like to think that even New Yorkers with their insatiable craving for pointless conversation would not tolerate those things.