Comments on: DC’s Metro moves toward a fully wired system

By: Alon Levy

Alon Levy — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:59:27 +0000

In Shanghai, cell phones work both in the stations and in the tunnels. And unlike in New York, in Shanghai the subway is deep-level rather than subsurface.

By: rhywun

rhywun — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:48:04 +0000

If there’s a list of MTA priorities somewhere, I would put this at the very bottom. If the carriers want to pay the full cost and install it with zero interruption to service (two conditions I doubt will hold true), then go for it. Otherwise, there are more important things to work on.

By: DK

DK — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:45:59 +0000

I was just in Cairo for several weeks. If a system that can’t afford cars with AC, in a country where 50% live under the poverty line, can manage to provide cell service underground, there’s no reason the MTA can’t.