par Annie Mole (son site) mardi 27 octobre 2009 - 4 comments

0%

Article intéressant?

 

100%

(0 votes) Votez cet article

• Faire un don
• Imprimer cet article
• Ecrire un commentaire
• 

What can NYC Subway learn from the Tube ?

The people that run New York’s subway system want to enter into a two year consultancy contract with Transport for London. They feel that they’ve got a lot to learn from the London Underground - including our Oyster cards and arrival time indicators at station & bus stops.

This would be a no-bid consultancy "Rather than having to bring in high-priced consultants, we’re getting experts with success already in doing these things, and getting them at public sector costs," said Jeremy Soffin, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Staff members from London would charge $125 to $200 an hour, according to a document released this week & reported in The New York Times (thanks to Emiana for the heads up for this).
New York’s subway doesn’t have off peak fares (although they also don’t have our very high peak fares to start off with) and they seem to be excited about this idea

"It would save New York money ; we deserve it to be lowered," said commuter Shakiba Hickman. "We want lower fares, but better service. We have to be working around the MTA, not the MTA working around us."

However others were sceptical about off peak travel and wondered if the discounts would really encourage more people to use mass transit on weekends. Susan G. Metzger, an MTA said, "I want to sit back and see what it really entails for us. Many people who use the subway don’t really have an alternative. The only alternate would be a taxi, and our subway pricing is pretty good." I took the picture above on a Saturday morning and it’s hard to imagine even more overcrowded trains if travel became even cheaper at the weekends.

It will be interesting to see what comes out of this. I went to New York for the first time last year and it actually made me realise that we do have some things better in London.

However, there’s a lot that could be learnt from New York too and if the consultancy worked both ways, perhaps we’d find ourselves with slightly longer opening hours on the Tube (I know we’ll never have the Tube running 24 hours). It was great to be able to travel late and actually see engineering & cleaning taking place while people were still travelling on the subway.
Is there anything you think we can teach New York about subway travel ? Perhaps not to call it subway but underground ! And vice versa, what could they teach us ?

reactions article

• 0 vote

  (xxx.xxx.xxx.218) 15 décembre 2009 12:10

  G7284A vcaxutyfyxjp, [url=http://hoybspuuwzif.com/]hoybspuuwzif[/url], [link=http://eiwmkohcoxns.com/]eiwmkohcoxns[/link], http://jhzdrnkeuvdf.com/

  Réagir à l'article Réagir à ce message Signaler un abus
• 0 vote

  (xxx.xxx.xxx.70) 18 décembre 2009 09:36

  head, discount pharmacy propecia purchase, order acomplia, antibiotics cipro xr, 500 antabuse cheap generic mg, viagra 100mg, cipro, baclofen 10mg, benicar doctor effects side, propecia, levitra, erythromycin estolate, acomplia, benicar hct side effects, tetracycline, prescription gout medication allopurinol, buy valtrex 4sex, smz-tmp, 2b allergic bactrim reaction, zimulti rimonabant diet pill, how vermox works, zoloft, base erythromycin, female viagra uk, vermox, erythromycin, cheap cialis, cheap tetracycline, novo-tamoxifen, acyclovir breast feeding, antabuse liver, celexa withdrawal side effects, delimited, cymbalta for back pain, stromectol side effects, clomid for men, allopurinol increased salivation, cialis 5 mg, acyclovir, prozac online, buy lasix, glucophage, edecrin, Pondocillin, information on pric of revatio prescription drug, cipro half life, antabuse side effects,

  Réagir à l'article Réagir à ce message Signaler un abus
• 0 vote

  (xxx.xxx.xxx.40) 18 décembre 2009 10:57

  spread, information on prednisone drug, propranolol public speaking, deconstructivism deconstructivism deconstructivisms deconstructivisms delimit delimited delimited d, antabuse liver, retin a on line, but discount acyclovir, levitra, acomplia online, retin-a, nolvadex body building, pred-ject-50, zimulti, levitra professional 20 mg, cialis soft tabs, remonabent, viagra and masterbating, all natural clomid, effects of retin a, mectizan, benicar hctz, citrol, lasix wi, lasix mechanism of action, cialis soft tab pill, penis enlargement device, celexa dosing, female viagra, grapefruit lipitor, best penis enlargement pill, celexa dosage, rimonabant, buy ampicillin, levaquin pregnancy, erythromycin helycobacter, lasix preeclampsia, cheap accutane, vermox online, tetracycline, zithromax, cialis soft tabs, benicar blood high medication pressure, seropram, 4you.com buy cialis.medical link, order diamox, diflucan generic online, benicar 30 pills, glucophage diet, doxycycline, rimoslim,

  Réagir à l'article Réagir à ce message Signaler un abus
• 0 vote

  (xxx.xxx.xxx.27) 19 décembre 2009 17:13

  climb, vermox, cipro, penis enlargement photo, olmetec, accutane, does propecia work, zithromax, diflucan, benicar hct, 2737 amerimedrx retin viagra, cytotec, cialis 4 pills, cialis soft tab side effects, cymbalta doctor effects side, allopurinol without prescription, baclofen side effects, order cafergot, alcohol and prednisone, crushing zithromax, 500 levaquin mg, Hydeltra-T.B.A., rimonabant, best cialis price, cafergot 90 pills, amoxil, cialis soft tab treatment, cancer cytotechnology have hospital in job research that us, buy viagra, rimonabant online prescription, Predicort RP, buy nolvadex, doxycycline, propranolol 90 pills, order prozac pills, zithromax, lawsuit zoloft, cymbalta forum, ampicillin 250 mg,

  Réagir à l'article Réagir à ce message Signaler un abus