Vanishing Underground takes you through the world of public transportation, showcasing buses, subways, streetcars, and trains from around the world. We aim to shine a light on how cities are shaped by their transit systems, and expose unique aspects of how each city's transit system functions.
@@danteeightsix9069 why should someone complain about highrises? Highways destroy cities. Highrises provide apartments, offices, etc. To be fair, there are better ways to build city houses, like midrises, but most of the US cities have rules which don't allow those
I wish the California High Speed Rail and Brightline West would connect with this network if they both built tracks to Los Angeles (especially after CHSR's line from Merced to Bakersfield)
I'm going to be entirely honest, as someone from the Philadelphia suburbs I just don't see the Franklin square station staying open. Don't get me wrong I would love to have more Transit options within the city of Philadelphia and the suburbs, but I just can't see it for that station. If you're coming from Philadelphia to go to Jersey, you're almost guaranteed to be going through 8th and market, it's so much more well connected. SEPTA provides two free transfers, as well as a bonus free transfer if your navigating through certain hubs. You're not going to take this station to go into the rest of philly, because there's a bus station right across the street. You're just going to take the bus to 8th and market and get on rest of the system from there. So if you are in the immediate vicinity of the station, and you're going to New Jersey, then you will use the station, otherwise most of that capacity is going to be going through 8th and market. On the flip side if you're coming from new jersey, unless you're going to one of the tourist destinations, you're going to take the train to 8th and market so you can get on septa system. Who knows, maybe I'm wrong, hopefully I am. But I just don't see it for this station
They changed the name of a station so it didn't share another station's name? *laughs in Chicagoan where we have 5 different stations all named 'Western'*
That's one of the main reasons I miss working downtown. Loved taking the Orange or Red to and from work every day. Then my company moved which raised my expenses due to driving by nearly $8k/year. I didn't stay there long after that and found a job a little closer to home that was over a 50% raise. So, that turned out OK I guess.
Fort Worth and Dallas have two different bus systems only sharing the TRE between the two cities. Dart Is operated in Dallas and the Trinity metro in fort worth.
The thing I love about out light rail here in Minnesota is the fact that we’re the only ones running the Bombardier Talent flexity swift lf-70(Our Type 1 Bombardiers) and there’s legit no train that comes close to looking like our rolling stock is mad crazy and on the other hand we have the Siemens S70& S700 which every Transit system is flocking to get😂
Paris' Metro is also over 100 years old. LA Metro is 34. In 60 years, LA Metro will be 3-4x larger at around 300-400 miles of track. Larger than Paris Metro today.
I remember feeling brilliant when I discovered that a monthly 1A pass cost the same as a regular system monthly pass. Before Boston Landing opened, I shaved 40 minutes off my commute by going from Back Bay to Yawkey and grabbing a bus from there. I have a very special place in my heart for the commuter rail.
MARTA now plans on extending their system into places like Buford, Lawrenceville, Duluth, Lilburn, Kennesaw, and Marietta, in anticipation of the growing population in those areas
Why the fascination with Calgary Transit? 🤔 It's not the best in the world. It is not even in the top ten. To get a better picture of Canadian transit system, we should take a look at Vancouver and Toronto transit systems. They are more efficient and better than Calgary Transit. Sorry.
Two new lines and one expansion were not mentioned. Both the San Fernando Valley and the Southeast Gateway lines have had their final EIRs approved and should start construction in 1 or 2 years. The extension of the East LA E line section further East should have it's final EIR approved ahortly as well. Starting construction in about 2 years. These three projects should be done within 8-10 years from now. Very exciting. We'll have 10 lines by then. 6 light rail, 2 subway, and 2 BRTs if not more. It could be 11 lines if the Sepulveda Pass line could sneak in there, too if it gets fast tracked adding a 3 heavy rail subway line to the mix. It would make LA Metro the second largest metro system in the USA behind NYC. To increase the number of rail lines by 50% in 10 years would be amazing!
The people criticizing Houston for not have a larger light rail system should do a little research on the politics of transit in that city and the powerful people in the US Congress who cut off funding specifically to prevent expansion of the system. I suggest they google Tom Delay and John Culberson. To the people who keep saying Houston should stop building freeways: It’s the State of Texas that designs, locates and builds those freeways.
