Riding it to get around the city, compared to NYC, is also twice as fast. I think that's due to the general layout with the counter-rotating trains acting as a circular hub-spoke design allowing riders to move around the city more efficiently. Imagine being able to go from Rosevelt/74th in Queens (La Guardia Airport) to Times Square in under 30 mins ... Barajas (Madrid Airport) to Plaza del Sol takes about 25-30 mins, including 2 transfers (about $6 including airport surcharge). The last time I took JFK to Penn Plaza (34th st/midtown) on the A-train was 2+ hours; riding the LIRR it was about 30 mins and $20 dollars off-peak.
I'm just going to criticize the writing here, but the callouts are annoyingly distracting and useless. They're supposed to be context free, but "Does that sound familiar? It should. It’s the way Apple innovates." is not understandable without the previous sentence. The first callout is repeated in the paragraph immediately after it, geezus christ what's the point...