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tokyoguyon The Subway Is So Late, It’s Making New Yorkers Early

it's frustrating to read this thread and watch people make excuses for NYC . NYC is not special. Tokyo has old subways 3-4x the stations and 10x the riders. They manage to rebuild , change tracks, build new ones and generally do the maintainence and upkeep required to keep it running well and on time.

NYC's issues are entirely about politics and leadership and nothing to do with anything unique to NYC

que more excuses

tokyoguyon The Subway Is So Late, It’s Making New Yorkers Early

that is no excuse. it's called maintenance. other cities manage to maintain their transit system . NYC has zero excuse . See Tokyo's transit history for how often they've upgrade the entire system a piece at a time.

tokyoguyon The Subway Is So Late, It’s Making New Yorkers Early

not sure what your point was. Tokyo has several subways of a similar styl yet they manage to maintain them, renew, and rebuild while the train is running and stations are in use

tokyoguyon The Subway Is So Late, It’s Making New Yorkers Early

so compare to Tokyo with ~2100 stations 14 billion annual riders and the trains run on time. NYC has zero excuse