New York's Subway System: The Most Expensive Railway Ever Constructed

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@arcturionblade1077
@arcturionblade1077 2 жыл бұрын
I'm a New Yorker born and raised. Awesome video! My wife is Brazilian and it was memorable for her to ride the MTA subway for the first time in her life. She especially enjoyed the surly attitudes of the MTA workers over the speaker systems, lol. "Please don't hold duh doors!!!"
@BLACKAAROW
@BLACKAAROW 2 жыл бұрын
same here, lived in Brooklyn my whole life, moved to queens last year.
@USSAnimeNCC-
@USSAnimeNCC- 2 жыл бұрын
As a New Yorker I fell disappointed about the NYC metro when I see how clean and how the train are 2 min apart in the London Underground also the train have a character to them with the color it have glad the new R-221 or was 211 have a blue front instead f being all silver but it the same story with metro I seen on the when I went to look at them on the web you got the Stockholm metro which have stataion that look different it like waking at an art gallery or German U bhan where the each station have a different collar or design and in Tokyo the metro is clean and like how people follow the train rule of the metro unlike in New York where the okay thing we do is let’s people off the train first I seen people take like two seat play loud music and throw trash in the track in New York and sometimes you see the graffiti done by kids truing to look cool also when they do the line the don’t make sense it just a bunch of lines their no effort put into it to me it like drawing a stick frigure that anyone can draw and have it be seen like it the Mona Lisa it stupid or as they say in Japan Baka
@arcturionblade1077
@arcturionblade1077 2 жыл бұрын
We live in Tokyo these days (and have been for the past five years). The Tokyo subway trains are much cleaner compared to the New York MTA, of course, but can be just as crowded during rush hours (crammed like sardines in a tin). Tokyo rails are known for their punctuality but they can be late due to "human accidents" (aka someone has jumped in front of a train in a suicide attempt). Blue lights have been installed at the ends of most station platforms as it's thought to alter human moods and reduce instances of suicidal thoughts.
@raymonds7492
@raymonds7492 2 жыл бұрын
@@arcturionblade1077 Tokyo is Tokyo and New York is Filthy
@arcturionblade1077
@arcturionblade1077 2 жыл бұрын
@@raymonds7492 Depends. I grew up in 80's New York City and I clearly remember just how disgusting the trains were back then with graffiti everywhere and worse. Today, it's much better compared to the 80's, lol. Tokyo trains are miles (well, kilometers since the Japanese use the metric system) better, of course, in terms of cleanliness.
@AverytheCubanAmerican
@AverytheCubanAmerican 2 жыл бұрын
"New York's government failed to make the subway a viable transit for non-urban populations" doesn't need to be when NJ Transit, LIRR, Metro North (both LIRR and Metro North are operated by the MTA as well), PATH (operated by the local Port Authority, a joint venture between the state governments of NEW YORK and New Jersey; and connects NYC with Newark, Hoboken, Jersey City, and in a few years time EWR airport), and Amtrak serve the suburbs. And you can connect to the subway at Grand Central, Penn Station, World Trade Center, George Washington Bridge Bus Station, and Port Authority Bus Terminal (GWBBS and PABT for NJ Transit bus routes and other suburban services) for those services. So in a way, it is viable Sure, the NYC Subway is far from perfect, but for what it does, it still keeps the city going and well connected. As a public transit advocate, having public transit like the massive NYC Subway is better than having none what so ever. Greetings from NY
@brendanwalsh3354
@brendanwalsh3354 2 жыл бұрын
amen
@CrazyPlayss
@CrazyPlayss 2 жыл бұрын
You forgot the connection to subway at Atlantic terminal, Jamaica and a few more like 61st - Woodside, mets willets point
@shargor
@shargor Жыл бұрын
"better than none" is not even a low bar. NYC transit system is inadequate at best. One should be able to get on a bus or subway and get to any of the airports without having to make 58 transfers. The purpose of the rail is to both efficiently bring people in for work and then just as efficiently take them back home. That's the bar we should aim for.
@AverytheCubanAmerican
@AverytheCubanAmerican Жыл бұрын
@@shargor 1. "Inadequate at best" way to ignore the history, which shows you didn't watch the video. The subway is the result of different COMPETING companies being combined. Of course it leads to transfers. And 58? Yeah, it's clear you don't know what you're talking about. The Tube in London was the same way. Different companies 2. That's not its purpose. It's a SUBWAY, a METRO! NOT commuter rail! The purpose of the subway is to take people wherever and whenever they want to go, not just for work. The beach, museums, parties, sports matches, fine dining, etc. The subway is one of the only ones in the WHOLE world that runs 24/7 every day of the year. Stop acting like it's the worst smh.
@ewalker9051
@ewalker9051 8 ай бұрын
@@AverytheCubanAmerican Wouldn't the NYC Subway and the London Metro (Underground) be analogous to each other? The both serve major metropolitan areas in a similar capacity as they are both subway systems. And runs round the clock. Where is the difference between a "metro" and "subway"
@toolboxnj
@toolboxnj 2 жыл бұрын
The subway is the best value in NYC and should be appreciated. Used to travel from midtown to JFK and for a couple bucks would get there quicker than a $60 Uber.
@shargor
@shargor Жыл бұрын
How did you get on the subway in JFK if there is no subway in JFK?
@toolboxnj
@toolboxnj Жыл бұрын
@@shargor Airtrain, so not the subway the entire way but public transit nonetheless
@EarthShadowFilms
@EarthShadowFilms 9 ай бұрын
@@shargorYou really think nyc is so dumb to have a subway just sitting right there without a way to connect to all other transits? It’s literally called the “Howard Beach JFK Airport” stop on the A train. I’ve done the trip a dozen times 😂
@Monomakh
@Monomakh 2 жыл бұрын
As a native New Yorker I think you fail to grasp how proud we are of this thing. Remember that we run such a gigantic subway system in a country whose federal government is hostile to public transportation. It bears noting that in a country that boasts fine transit systems in San Francisco, Boston, and Chicago (DC's is suffering), more than one half of all public transportation movements takes place in New York. It is our glory.
@shargor
@shargor Жыл бұрын
You can be proud all you want but why would you be proud of a system which billions of dollars in debt and keeps losing money?
@littlerockdoc3183
@littlerockdoc3183 Жыл бұрын
@@shargor you cant really measure the impact of a public transit system by how much money it makes/loses because it has so many secondary benifits. Have you ever been to New york? The city is so densely populated that it simply cant function without the subway system. The system by itself moves millions of people each day from New Jersey and long island. Its economic benifit to the city is incalculable. Also its worth mentioning that all forms of infrastructure cost money. Houston is spending billions to expand its highway system to Katy and its unlikely to decrease commute times. If youre going to spend billions on infrastructure, might as well spend the money on a system that works.
@shargor
@shargor Жыл бұрын
@@littlerockdoc3183 NYC subway moves people from NJ and Long Island? I don't think so. My point is that we live in a capitalist society and, while I agree that a really good public transportation system is essential to NYC, I abhor how it is run into the ground financially and how both politicians and people who ride the subway not treasure it. I believe that NYC subway system and MTA in particular need a heavy hand that is good at cutting fat off its list of expenses and punishing the people who vandalize public transportation in the city.
@GamerPete101
@GamerPete101 Жыл бұрын
Boston’s is actually a (mostly figurative, but occasionally literal) trainwreck a lot of the time.
@RmsTitanic59
@RmsTitanic59 10 ай бұрын
Nyc subway is just dirty and yucky
@tehhMatriix
@tehhMatriix 2 жыл бұрын
Could we get a video on the New Orleans Levee project? Getting destroyed by hurricane Katrina right before it’s completion definitely makes the rebuilding process a megaproject.
@darylcheshire1618
@darylcheshire1618 2 жыл бұрын
In a remote part of Victoria Australia the McKillop Bridge was built around 1880, it replaced a smaller structure that was washed away a week before the opening ceremony.
@Beryllahawk
@Beryllahawk 2 жыл бұрын
A mega frustrating project too! I second this idea though :D
@ronniedelahoussayechauvin6717
@ronniedelahoussayechauvin6717 2 жыл бұрын
I was not living in Louisiana for Hurricane Katrina. I was living in Sebastian Florida. I should not have been under a GLOBAL MARKETING POLICY without my knowledge. Also I did not own a personal computer at that time.
@thomasfholland
@thomasfholland 2 жыл бұрын
@@ronniedelahoussayechauvin6717 And what's your point?!?
@matthewhall1062
@matthewhall1062 2 жыл бұрын
The old levees would not have survived.
@rayfridley6649
@rayfridley6649 2 жыл бұрын
In their expansion, the subway company had many openings for the position of civil engineers since at least the first trains started moving in 1904. They were reaching out to all the major colleges and universities to recruit graduates in the field in engineering. One such graduate from Harvard was Clifford M. Holland, who assisted on the construction of the subway tunnels that went under the East River. Clifford was quickly promoted to senior engineer, and was well respected by those who worked under him including tunnel diggers(known as sandhogs). These sandhogs said among themselves that he (Clifford) can walk into a construction project blindfolded and find any errors that they may be committing. Meanwhile, the need for a dependable New Jersey Hudson River vehicular crossing became apparent. Crossing the Hudson for people and freight became a major issue. The Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel can only handle long distance passenger services. This would become known as the Hudson River Vehicular Tunnel project. The crossing was discussed at length on whether a bridge or a tunnel would be built. The tunnel won out. Holland became the designer and head engineer of the project. A new ventilation system needed to be developed to remove the exhaust of motor vehicles while in the tunnel. One such was created after much testing. In October, 1924, Holland died unexpectedly. The Vehicular tunnel project construction continued and completed in 1927, In memoriam to this great engineer, the name was changed to the Holland Tunnel, which is still in service today.
@2011blueman
@2011blueman 2 жыл бұрын
My favorite part of the new york subway is that everyone seems to know the rules, don't make eye contact and don't try to start a conversation with other people. Just sit there, stare at floor or read something, and get where you're going.
@phillwainewright4221
@phillwainewright4221 2 жыл бұрын
Just like the London Underground, then ...
@SlocketSeven
@SlocketSeven 2 жыл бұрын
They do that because if you look up you might get assaulted by the heroin addict sitting across from you.
@TalesOfWar
@TalesOfWar 2 жыл бұрын
@@phillwainewright4221 I was going to reply with the same haha. Even if you're with someone you just sit their in silence then wait until you're outside to say something haha.
@TheUserid82
@TheUserid82 2 жыл бұрын
And you can clear a car by pulling out a bible and asking if they have a minute to talk about Jesus.
@joselombana8381
@joselombana8381 2 жыл бұрын
I'm from the Bx I talk to strangers all the time on the subway how else we gonna be friends
@JeffFrmJoisey
@JeffFrmJoisey 2 жыл бұрын
As someone who has studied the NYC Subway for 50+ years, I appreciate your effort!!! There are some inaccuracies, but for the most part you've explained the NYC Subway's history and status spot on. I fell off my couch @ 7:29 when you said, "The New York Times Transit Authority." The NYC Subway has always been my favorite railroad. It's got its problems and is much maligned. BUT, no other US railroad moves more people more efficiently than the NYC Subway. There is no US freight or passenger railroad system capable of the intensity of traffic. People put it down and curse it, but the NYC Subway remains an awesome, amazing mover of people, that no other rail system in the United States even comes close to!!!!!
@johnsmith1474
@johnsmith1474 2 жыл бұрын
It's a mind bending shithole and assault on the senses. You feel subhuman using it, nice work NYC.
@stevenirby5576
@stevenirby5576 2 жыл бұрын
In your opinion what are some solutions to modernize and make it better?
@jkholtgreve
@jkholtgreve 2 жыл бұрын
@@johnsmith1474 Move to a rural area. I used to complain about the CTA/RTA when I lived in the Chicago suburbs but moving to the middle of nowhere and having to pay a driver to take me everywhere disabused me of those criticisms.
@LondonUnderground186
@LondonUnderground186 2 жыл бұрын
I'm from Paris originally and I rode the subway systems all around the world. NYC subway system is unique in its kind and became on my top 5 preferred subways in the world (along London, Chicago, Paris and Berlin). One interesting note between NYC and Paris subway / metro systems, if it was unsafe to ride the NYC subway in the 70s and 80s, it was safe in Paris at that time. Today, that's the opposite. All Parisians like me will tell you that the NYC subway is one of the most safest system in the world, while the Paris metro faces daily delinquance, racket, people who don't pay their fares and gangs from the suburbs making it unsafe
@mhklein57
@mhklein57 2 жыл бұрын
I've lived in New York for 45 years. The subway system was horrible in the 80's, but now I find it clean, reliable, and safe. It's able to get me where I need to go. The only complaints I have are the homeless people who frequently shelter in the system, beggars who ask passengers for money, self-appointed Christian preachers who insist on preaching in the trains, and performers (musicians, break dancers, etc.) who never ask if the passengers want their performances.
@DDELE7
@DDELE7 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a normal day during rush hour riding the A, E, L, Q or 4 trains. And in NO particular order.
@xivinrah
@xivinrah 2 жыл бұрын
@@DDELE7 don’t forget the 2, 5, and D trains as well lol
@bluegold1026
@bluegold1026 2 жыл бұрын
I can relate, having been on the NYC subway many times and seen many of the aforementioned things.
@captainkeyboard1007
@captainkeyboard1007 Жыл бұрын
I was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up to be a subway fan and was dubbed as a "railroad buff," while I was a youngster. The subway was my first favorite place. I can think of the New York City rapid transit system almost all day and every day. Renovations for many parts of the rapid transit system would be too late. The rail lines were built by old-fashioned methods that make renovations too impractical. My favorite times on the rapid transit system were when I rode some express trains just to watch them skip the local stations at full speed. Megaprojects did a fine job.
@Trainfan1055Janathan
@Trainfan1055Janathan 2 жыл бұрын
What's interesting is they still use cars from the 1970s.
@ericwright2281
@ericwright2281 2 жыл бұрын
Tries 60’s
@northlandgaming8460
@northlandgaming8460 2 жыл бұрын
Also @Trainfan1055 I like trains
@KabukeeJo
@KabukeeJo 2 жыл бұрын
Only some lines use cars that old. Such as the A, C and F lines.
@NateEll
@NateEll 2 жыл бұрын
Old cars have been remanufactured
@SixHundredandThirteen
@SixHundredandThirteen 2 жыл бұрын
It's to save money
@Martin2153
@Martin2153 2 жыл бұрын
I have only been to NYC once and I found during a week there that the subway system was the best way to get around. I really thought it compared favourably to other places I have visited, such as London, Stockholm, Berlin, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Beijing. It may not have been quite as good as those cities, but I was pleasantly surprised and found it better than Washington DC, Rome and Bangkok. It was cheap to use, extensive network, frequent services, pretty clean and reliable. The subway is cheaper than taxis and unlike buses, you don't get stuck on traffic all the time.
@austinlawler3739
@austinlawler3739 2 жыл бұрын
Better than DC, are you sure you rode on the subway in NYC? Don't get me wrong WAMATA has a whole slew of issues to, but its cleaner and more reliable then NY. Not to mention they have been rebuilding the entire system for the last several years and will soon have no train older than the 2010's. Plus its just more spacious, the cars and the stations (most of them). DC is still considered the gold standard in the US (which is pathetic) but it is pretty good. LA has a good one, Chicago's L is being rebuilt and modernized all while the MTA just can't get any project off the ground.
@Martin2153
@Martin2153 2 жыл бұрын
@@austinlawler3739 Thank you for your reply. I have only ridden the DC subway when I was there for three days in 2017. I was really thinking about the extent of the NYC network and how easy it for a visitor to get around the city at a reasonable price, which is the prime purpose of a subway system. Yes, the DC subway was very nice and modern and the staff were very helpful for us tourists. But it is still a work in progress. I haven't been to LA or Chicago, maybe one day when the Zombie Apocalypse is over and travel is easier. I live in Sydney and we are on a lockdown until the end of the month, so I think it will be a while before I get to the USA again.
@thelucywho3983
@thelucywho3983 2 жыл бұрын
The one in Tokyo is so confusing because different lines are run by different companies. Same mistake NYC made many years ago
@clumsytriangle2436
@clumsytriangle2436 2 жыл бұрын
are you being serious Martin?
@Martin2153
@Martin2153 2 жыл бұрын
@@clumsytriangle2436 ?
@mbathroom1
@mbathroom1 2 жыл бұрын
I used to live in New York and only travelled by subway. Thanks for covering this
@maxt.5457
@maxt.5457 2 жыл бұрын
born and raised new yorker, our subway may not be the cleanest, or most efficient, but it keeps the city very well connected at a good price compared to other cities’ subway systems
@stephendoherty8291
@stephendoherty8291 2 жыл бұрын
Without the subway, NYC would not work- yes the roads might still work but the everyday workers would be severely impacted. So the boss turns up at the office and the water and power does not work or the doors are locked shut. Menwhile every parking space is full and the roads are gridlocked. I still think state funds are better sources than federal cash as it makes all cash spent more important that dollars falling from never ending cash machines. Wiping the debt off the NYC books might be a better idea.
@the_kombinator
@the_kombinator 2 жыл бұрын
Not compared to Warsaw, Poland, or Daegu, Korea (which recently opened up a automated monorail line), hell I'd even say the Moscow subway was cleaner and more pleasant. All of these are cheaper too.
@abhaymanoj3784
@abhaymanoj3784 2 жыл бұрын
trust me it dont compare to the london underground
@the_kombinator
@the_kombinator 2 жыл бұрын
@@abhaymanoj3784 Positively or negatively? I've never been on that one, but the one in Paris is... OK.
@abhaymanoj3784
@abhaymanoj3784 2 жыл бұрын
@@the_kombinator i would say the London underground is much better and also cleaner
@Garythefireman66
@Garythefireman66 2 жыл бұрын
As anyone who has lived or worked in Manhattan, if you need to get from Midtown to the financial district, the subway is the way to go. The city just took delivery of 5 of the newest cars in the fleet, and they're being tested in the Coney Island yard. They are designated as the model R211 and will replace cars on the Staten Island Railway and the R46 cars from the late 70s.
@ldisc66
@ldisc66 2 жыл бұрын
Now if they can find a way for a person from Marine Park Brooklyn to get to Manhattan faster than a person coming from Philly. 😂
@thelucywho3983
@thelucywho3983 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I tried getting to King hwy mall in Brooklyn. The subway is barren there. Had to take 2 diff buses.
@TheLace
@TheLace 2 жыл бұрын
The BMT uses the R-46 car as well and will all its own replaced also. Not just SIRS
@tonyperez4791
@tonyperez4791 2 жыл бұрын
Great video, Thank You ! I was there when the rat ran down the stairs on West 4th station lower section with the slice of pizza. There was a college student that fell sleep on the upper A/C trains level with and open pizza box around 4:30 AM. Everybody was laughing, even a guy said that the rat complained, she wanted peperoni. LOL ! Take care and hope you have a great/safe week , Tony
@librasgirl08
@librasgirl08 2 жыл бұрын
How about as contrast the Berlin U-Bahn for many years divided by the wall, but still used by east and west. First opened in 1902, but not the first underground train in the city. It all started in 1880.
@kindnessfirst9670
@kindnessfirst9670 Жыл бұрын
Having grown up in the NY area I was very surprised when I traveled to find that other cities' subways shut down at night. Maybe that's why NYC is "the city that never sleeps".
@bazzingabomb
@bazzingabomb 2 жыл бұрын
Haha the irony of this video coming out to day as nyc is flooded with rain 3ft deep in some parts when i saw the bbc news a few hours ago, at least it will get a good clean.
@Reach41
@Reach41 2 жыл бұрын
OMG, somebody save the rats!
@macmcelveen1241
@macmcelveen1241 2 жыл бұрын
Nice timeing the tunnels are flooded right now.
@robertewalt7789
@robertewalt7789 2 жыл бұрын
First Hurricane since Superstorm Sandy. MTA didn’t fix the problems, apparently.
@owenshebbeare2999
@owenshebbeare2999 2 жыл бұрын
*timing.
@ignitionfrn2223
@ignitionfrn2223 2 жыл бұрын
1:20 - Chapter 1 - Before the subway 3:35 - Chapter 2 - Opening & expansion 6:00 - Chapter 3 - Peak & decline 8:10 - Chapter 4 - The dark ages 10:45 - Chapter 5 - Modern subway, modern challenges
@jamallhayden2512
@jamallhayden2512 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏼
@civlyzed
@civlyzed 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I would never have made it through 14 minutes without that :D
@OlTheremin
@OlTheremin 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for covering the NYC Subway!
@ryateo1
@ryateo1 2 жыл бұрын
Actually it's the world's most expensive storm drain system with included railway. 🤣
@BMWE90HQ
@BMWE90HQ 2 жыл бұрын
All those taxes but they don’t take care of their stuff.
@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts
@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts 2 жыл бұрын
@@BMWE90HQ the railways are almost impossible to upgrade due to ridership levels. Like highways that decay because the traffic is too high on them to divert it for roadwork.
@alexander1485
@alexander1485 2 жыл бұрын
Railroad, get it right. Railway is a euro term
@qjtvaddict
@qjtvaddict 2 жыл бұрын
@@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts bullshit bustitution is an option boost frequency on nearby lines
@METALFACEDOOMXXXX
@METALFACEDOOMXXXX 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like your mother. 😂
@KravKernow
@KravKernow 2 жыл бұрын
I like the line in the original Taking of Pelham 123 when they're discussing paying the ransom for the hijacked passengers. "What do they expect for their lousy 35 cents; to live for ever?"
@nitehawk86
@nitehawk86 2 жыл бұрын
With the updated one, we see Denzel Washington on a subway. We have also seen him fly a plane, drive a train, and a taxi. The Denzel Washington mass transit series just needs a movie with him driving a bus.
@WarpRadio
@WarpRadio 2 жыл бұрын
this was a good episode! now, how about doing the Chicago Transit (Subway) system? you'll find it just as interesting- with corruption, money-laundering, segregation, catastrophes, cooperate trickery and much, much more!
@thejudgmentalcat
@thejudgmentalcat 2 жыл бұрын
And please include video of the great car chase on the L from "Running Scared"!
@qjtvaddict
@qjtvaddict 2 жыл бұрын
So like any other US city
@SkunkApe407
@SkunkApe407 2 жыл бұрын
I saw a dude get hit by an Amtrack on the "L" at Sheridan Road in Great Lakes, IL. 😳😳😳🤮🤮🤮
@WarpRadio
@WarpRadio 2 жыл бұрын
@@SkunkApe407 ooof! ...and we can't forget the (in)famous Metra station in Lagrange! the station you might not survive getting to or leaving from!
@SkunkApe407
@SkunkApe407 2 жыл бұрын
@@WarpRadio dude, Lagrange is almost as bad as the Greyhound station in Fayetteville, NC. I wish I could forget that mf.
@anydaynow01
@anydaynow01 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! This subway system is immense and one of the reasons for its high cost of maintenance.
@benw3864
@benw3864 2 жыл бұрын
Its more-so the massive corruption. The MTAs budget is spent almost entirely in paying off transit workers and building up the bureaucracy. The only reason why privatization of the system didn't work was because the government forced the private companies to keep their fares artificially low, but the private companies themselves were consistently reliable, and the cost of maintenance when they were in power was significantly lower.
@jasons6021
@jasons6021 2 жыл бұрын
Rat eating a pizza in the subway. Can't get more New York than that!
@LatitudeSky
@LatitudeSky 2 жыл бұрын
The pizza rat is SO iconic, there's video of a man cosplaying as the rat dragging a huge slice of pizza up the stairs. It instantly makes complete sense if you know about the pizza rat.
@juanone66
@juanone66 2 жыл бұрын
He wasn't eating it. He was delivering it!
@TheBenghaziRabbit
@TheBenghaziRabbit 2 жыл бұрын
Im here just HOPING Simon includes stuff about the subway being flooded over last weekend. Shit was epic
@nonnayerbusiness7704
@nonnayerbusiness7704 2 жыл бұрын
I come from small city where for transit we have a bus system that has to compete with traffic. Every time I have been in a larger centre with a subway system I wonder why anyone would drive.
@itsapittie
@itsapittie 2 жыл бұрын
I live in Anchorage, Alaska where we have a pretty robust bus system. Unfortunately, it doesn't serve the entirety of the city but I think if I lived in an area it served, I'd use it quite a lot. Maybe I'm kidding myself and I'd drive just for the convenience. We don't suffer from the traffic congestion of larger cities and I might decide waiting for a bus just wasn't worth it.
@dustin6804
@dustin6804 2 жыл бұрын
Most don't drive. 55% of NYC households don't own one. In areas with subway lines that number increases to around 80-90%. Owning a car in NYC only makes sense if you live in the outer areas where there is limited transit.
@VisibilityFoggy
@VisibilityFoggy 2 жыл бұрын
Many people do not like the "clientele" on NYC subways and the crime risk it carries. Remember, traveling from Manhattan to parts of Brooklyn or Queens can take well over an hour, and you pass through some extremely dangerous neighborhoods. A few of my family members live in Queens and pay for a parking space in Manhattan so they don't have to ride the subway, especially after dark.
@dustin6804
@dustin6804 2 жыл бұрын
@@VisibilityFoggy Been taking the subway for years. Crime is not a problem. It happens but the subway is very safe. Yeah it can take close to an hour to go from Manhattan to Queens but that beats 2 hours in traffic.
@VisibilityFoggy
@VisibilityFoggy 2 жыл бұрын
@@dustin6804 I took it for years too. Fortunately I've moved to a much nicer city and state. Crime was always present on the subways - along with graffiti, bodily fluids, annoying/smelly people, idiots playing loud music, people asking for money, general foul behavior. I'll take my car any day over that nonsense. After college I never looked back at the NYC area. Gigantic taxes for miserable living standards - hooray!
@JuanJDumeP
@JuanJDumeP 2 жыл бұрын
I can feel the rumbling in the walls from the train when doing the laundry downstairs 🙆‍♂️
@geoffreyhansen8543
@geoffreyhansen8543 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making this video Simon. I was wondering what the subway was like compared to the London Underground.
@carldawson1
@carldawson1 2 жыл бұрын
One on the longest Tunnel in the world! The Aqueducts feeding NYC. Impressive engineering feet. NYC tap isn't even conventionally filtered like every other urban area in North America
@TheUserid82
@TheUserid82 2 жыл бұрын
And the water that is coming in has the pressure to get to the 6th or 7th floor of most buildings but any higher then that and they need pumps to send it up to water tanks on the roof. The reason you see so many wooden water tanks on the buildings is the wood has an insulation rating where metal warms the water in the summer and helps it freeze faster in the winters.
@thunderjeep08
@thunderjeep08 2 жыл бұрын
This is worth an episode
@LatitudeSky
@LatitudeSky 2 жыл бұрын
And the resulting water regularly wins contests for the best-tasting water in America. It's a great engineering project that produces an unequaled result. It deserves to be far more famous than it is.
@mandisaw
@mandisaw 2 жыл бұрын
@@LatitudeSky The first rule about delicious NYC tap water is we do not discuss NYC tap water 😆
@toddavis8151
@toddavis8151 2 жыл бұрын
When I was a touring NYC I found the subway to be a convenient way to get around but I also found it quite unpleasant
@CumLordGary
@CumLordGary 2 жыл бұрын
That's how every new yorker views the subway
@the_kombinator
@the_kombinator 2 жыл бұрын
Same - Once I figured out the express trains, I was like, wow, this IS pretty cool.
@clobberelladoesntreadcomme9920
@clobberelladoesntreadcomme9920 2 жыл бұрын
where wer you coming from?
@toddavis8151
@toddavis8151 2 жыл бұрын
@@clobberelladoesntreadcomme9920 Canberra Australia
@the_kombinator
@the_kombinator 2 жыл бұрын
@@clobberelladoesntreadcomme9920 Super King was the greatest.
@iammaxhailme
@iammaxhailme 2 жыл бұрын
I was born in NYC, I haven't lived there in a few years but the thing I miss most, by far, is the convenience and utility of the public transit system
@walkerpantera
@walkerpantera 2 жыл бұрын
I really like this camera angle and length.
@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 2 жыл бұрын
There's never been a problem on the beautiful Pyongyang Metro. And only half of a cent in USD to ride... can't say the same about NYC
@wbm3787
@wbm3787 2 жыл бұрын
In another year or so NYC will bear an uncanny resemblance to Pyongyang. North Korea is Creepy Joe's model for The USA.
@mustafaemad3614
@mustafaemad3614 2 жыл бұрын
Mega Project suggestions: Benban Solar Park, Aswan High Dam, Bar Lev Line and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
@timothysessoms1644
@timothysessoms1644 2 жыл бұрын
Good job! Even as a native New Yorker I found this to be informative.
@hungrysoles
@hungrysoles 2 жыл бұрын
Some of the film you showed was actually was actually the New York Elevated Trains, which lasted in Manhattan from `1879 to 1956, which was replaced by the subway. Someone should have known the difference. It's an easy system that doesn't taken long to learn how to use. It runs so often, you don't need a schedule to know when the next train runs. If the systems in other cities could run so often and most of the night so no one is stranded
@ronniedelahoussayechauvin6717
@ronniedelahoussayechauvin6717 2 жыл бұрын
I personally know nothing about Trains. I never rode a TRAIN in my life.
@randyblu25
@randyblu25 2 жыл бұрын
...They have not upgraded the signal system. over 90% is still "Fixed Block" one of the lines has CBTC (Communications Based Train Control) and another they are slowly working on. (just like here in Toronto its over due and over budget) Since NYC system is a 24/7 operation doing ANY track/signal or tunnel work is a huge challenge.
@Dezlite
@Dezlite 2 жыл бұрын
The have a plan to bring CBTC to small portions of most the lines and they do work on weekends. Also because of covid they removed 24/7 service but then they just brought it back which is kinda funny
@zrinzoj
@zrinzoj 2 жыл бұрын
2 lines have CBTC that I know of, the 7 and L. I know the 7 has been a problem since its been installed
@randyblu25
@randyblu25 2 жыл бұрын
@@zrinzoj ya 7 and L (wasn't sure) Problems? Ha! (We in Toronto call its ATC Automatic Train Control) well apparently in an ATC zone one train coming in off a pocket track came within 1 foot of crashing/derailing another train!
@jacenembhard8027
@jacenembhard8027 2 жыл бұрын
As a New Yorker the Governor seems to forget that he is the head of MTA, but he seems to blame everyone but himself.
@johnathin0061892
@johnathin0061892 2 жыл бұрын
NY City has a de facto one party system, he will ALWAYS get their votes, so he doesn't have to do anything to earn them.
@BurritoKingdom
@BurritoKingdom 2 жыл бұрын
@@johnathin0061892 MTA controls the subway which is controlled by the STATE government not the city government. City council and Mayor can't do shit about that. Blame Cuomo and Albany.
@jacenembhard8027
@jacenembhard8027 2 жыл бұрын
@@johnathin0061892 Make no mistake, I hate DeBoso. But MTA is run by the state government and the city has nothing to do with the trains. And on the voting front, not everyone votes democratic here.
@uncleelias
@uncleelias 2 жыл бұрын
The Chairman of the MTA Board is the head of the MTA
@BurritoKingdom
@BurritoKingdom 2 жыл бұрын
@@uncleelias the chairman of the MTA is nominated by the Governor of the state of New York.
@jimanianortonified7015
@jimanianortonified7015 2 жыл бұрын
I drove the subway system but it was split from IRT and IND. IRT was “A” division. A division was the 3 door cars . “B” division cars were 4 doors.
@woodalexander
@woodalexander 2 жыл бұрын
The main difference is the clearance gauge. IND/BMT is much closer to FRA size at least width wide, while IRT/PATH is a lot narrower.
@sblack53
@sblack53 2 жыл бұрын
First came the BMT, with its average loading gauge. Then came the IRT, with tunnels too small for the rival's trains. At last the city invented the IND, then after the merger connected the B division at Chrystie Street
@woodalexander
@woodalexander 2 жыл бұрын
@@sblack53 BMT came well after IRT.
@blue9multimediagroup
@blue9multimediagroup 2 жыл бұрын
@@woodalexander No, BMT was first, but it didn't have subways. It ran elevated lines. It was added to MTA later.
@woodalexander
@woodalexander 2 жыл бұрын
@@blue9multimediagroup IRT was first.
@johnheaney3022
@johnheaney3022 2 жыл бұрын
Great video. I much prefer the Tube to to the NYC subway the biggest reason being I'd rather be in London. The one thing they did get right in NY is the triple track. It allows express trains to bypass local trains. Mostly in one direction during rush hour but it also allows trains to be routed around each other during breakdowns.
@dwashbur
@dwashbur 2 жыл бұрын
I'm a little surprised you didn't mention the Guardian Angels when talking about the high-crime days. They might make a good video.
@blueberrypirate3601
@blueberrypirate3601 2 жыл бұрын
In the late 80s when the Big Apple turned bad as in The Equaliser when few rode the subway after 5pm...
@gregkamer3754
@gregkamer3754 2 жыл бұрын
I remember riding the subways as a kid growing up in Brooklyn in the 60's. The fare was a 15¢ token. One token could take you pretty much all over the city.
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@knobjockey693 2 жыл бұрын
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@wodthehunter8145 2 жыл бұрын
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@chriskelvin248
@chriskelvin248 2 жыл бұрын
That was a precious era no doubt, remember the form of the tokens? Very cool. You can still get around pretty much all over the city on one hit of today’s “token” aka the metro card. It’s quite different from London’s Tube and the convoluted pay structure of the Oyster Card. I invite folks to try both.
@coweatsman
@coweatsman 2 жыл бұрын
When it comes to metro rail systems there are now a host Simon could choose for future Megaprojects videos. From Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and others.
@tsartodd
@tsartodd 2 жыл бұрын
yay i was wondering when Simon was going to do a Megaproject video on the NYC subway. good job!
@leecornwell5632
@leecornwell5632 Жыл бұрын
What definitely needs to happen is to bring the 8 Thrid Avenue Elevated line back where it was and the ninth Ave Elevated line.
@leecornwell5632
@leecornwell5632 Жыл бұрын
The Pelham 6 line definitely needs to be extended to co op city mall because the Connecticut metro North railroad is coming from Pennsylvania station Manhattan Hunts point moriss parkchester and co op city mall BRONX.
@leecornwell5632
@leecornwell5632 Жыл бұрын
The second Ave subway line definitely needs to be extended west side 125 street connecting to the 1 Broadway line.
@leecornwell5632
@leecornwell5632 Жыл бұрын
Long Island railroad is coming to Grand Central terminal Madison Avenue Manhattan. I'm excited about the Long Island railroad is coming to Grand Central.
@michiganengineer8621
@michiganengineer8621 2 жыл бұрын
I lived on Long Island NY between 1985 and 2000, I _NEVER_ drove into Manhattan, Queens Brooklyn or the Bronx if I could avoid it. Staten Island is a different story, much better parking in general and traffic wasn't as bad. I'm not sure when the Long Island Railroad (LIRR), Metro North and PATH commuter rail lines were built, but those went a long way towards letting people live in the "suburbs" while working in the metro area.
@jimurrata6785
@jimurrata6785 2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the Harlem, Hudson and New Haven lines. They are all part of the MTA too!
@michiganengineer8621
@michiganengineer8621 2 жыл бұрын
@@jimurrata6785 Forgot about those three, thanks!
@mandisaw
@mandisaw 2 жыл бұрын
@@jimurrata6785 Those are all Metro-North, and yes, part of the MTA :)
@ranjusranjus143
@ranjusranjus143 2 жыл бұрын
This subway system now looks like a part of a museum piece, esp when compared to Chinese or even Japanese systems
@owenshebbeare2999
@owenshebbeare2999 2 жыл бұрын
Or the Paris or London systems...or Singapore or Hong Kong.
@itrthho
@itrthho 2 жыл бұрын
The Asian nations have newer systems...makes a big difference
@mandisaw
@mandisaw 2 жыл бұрын
All the European systems were overhauled after the War, and the Asian systems are only a few decades old. None are as extensive, serve as many people (Tokyo might), or operate 24/7. Also none of those places have quite the same animosity between the State and the place being served. Upstate NY hates the City, and would happily privatise or decimate the subway if they could.
@the_kombinator
@the_kombinator 2 жыл бұрын
Korea's systems are clean and cheap, and pretty good too. They don't always allow you to take a bike on board though.
@clobberelladoesntreadcomme9920
@clobberelladoesntreadcomme9920 2 жыл бұрын
I hope we keep our iconic "tin cans and bathroom tiles" look
@chenyeanmingtakumi9033
@chenyeanmingtakumi9033 2 жыл бұрын
Its better since the MTA had started to making improvement to the subway system from keep declining. The policy that introduced the car culture in New York actually caused problems such as traffic congestion, yet the subway was not extended to the suburbs or initiating Commuter Metro (a type of high frequency commuter rail (known as regional rail in USA) ) during the years.
@MAA-hu3do
@MAA-hu3do Жыл бұрын
I’m proud to have been born in Queens NY. I love the city. It’s not for everyone and some people certainly like to criticize it. But, everyone wants to go there, even if just for a little while.
@Viper-dn8ix
@Viper-dn8ix 2 жыл бұрын
Okay Simon, you're on the right track with transit infrastructure. Take a look at Denver International Airport!! It's the second largest airport in the world, though runway for runway it would be the largest since King Fahd only has two (vs DIA's six!). It's one of the busiest in the world by passenger volume too, and has some gorgeous architecture. Oh also there's a lot of conspiracy theories around it, and it has it's own mascot: Bluecifer.
@ilarious5729
@ilarious5729 2 жыл бұрын
Would be nice to see a video without the crazy aspect of all the other Denver airport videos I've seen
@irshkashirkle
@irshkashirkle 2 жыл бұрын
"The right track" pun intended?
@Viper-dn8ix
@Viper-dn8ix 2 жыл бұрын
@@irshkashirkle *Shakes head* Absolutely.
@joseybryant7577
@joseybryant7577 2 жыл бұрын
Sometimes, it's good to come to a relaxed video like this. Especially after binging BB. Where Simon fights with his other personalities. AM I RIGHT, PETER?
@mulgerbill
@mulgerbill 2 жыл бұрын
Daddy, chill!
@SkunkApe407
@SkunkApe407 2 жыл бұрын
I'm still waiting on a return from ETA's MLM. I sent him $150 and all I got was a sticker. The anti-5g cream hasn't even arrived yet!
@raconteur5195
@raconteur5195 2 жыл бұрын
What?
@trenauldo
@trenauldo 2 жыл бұрын
To me, it’s the best way to get around Manhattan and beats dealing with the hassle and cost of a taxi. I haven’t been in NYC since the advent of ride-sharing services, so things may have changed.
@philrabe910
@philrabe910 Жыл бұрын
Ugg. That ended on a depressing note, Simon. I remember toiling around lower Manhattan and Brooklyn in the mid 1980's. It was intimidating for a college boy used to the Chicago subways of a similar age and maintenance issues.
@k364k364
@k364k364 2 жыл бұрын
Tunnel boring is more expensive than cut and cover, but the big cost of new lines is utility relocation and the huge underground stations.
@Marty4650
@Marty4650 2 жыл бұрын
Most of the Manhattan substructure is hard solid rock (granite and marble), so boring is very expensive and very impractical. And it is only because of that solid bedrock foundation that so many mega skyscrapers can stand.
@oldenweery7510
@oldenweery7510 2 жыл бұрын
I noticed he used clips from "3rd Avenue El," one of my favorite films, found on several railroad DVDs. It shows the 3rd Avenue line, back when it still retained some of the beauty built into its stations and trains---with background music of the incomparable Wanda Landowska, playing the Haydn Harpsichord Concerto in D major. _That's_ the part of the NYC transit system I would like to have ridden! (The subway was still not too bad when I rode it in 1968.)
@ronniedelahoussayechauvin6717
@ronniedelahoussayechauvin6717 2 жыл бұрын
Year I was born
@oldenweery7510
@oldenweery7510 2 жыл бұрын
@@ronniedelahoussayechauvin6717 I used to use the phrase, "I have _shirts_ older than that." Sadly still true...
@TheK01234
@TheK01234 2 жыл бұрын
Do the NY water system next. Those aqueducts are nutty.
@isaacramphal5189
@isaacramphal5189 2 жыл бұрын
Next Megaprojects video is on Simon's beard growth journey. Never forget the early Simon.
@dustin6804
@dustin6804 2 жыл бұрын
Born and raised NYer! I love our subway and commuter rail system! It's far from perfect but it gets the job down most of the time! Love that I can get pretty much anywhere without a car. The MTA really needs to be under city country. Lawmakers in Albany don't understand the needs of riders and the system! Restore city run transit!
@qjtvaddict
@qjtvaddict 2 жыл бұрын
True and the subway is poorly run and infrequent
@mandisaw
@mandisaw 2 жыл бұрын
Main issue is that upstate/LI tends to lean away from investing in the City. Bit of a love/hate relationship there, given that they wouldn't have jobs or tax revenue without the beating economic heart that is the City.
@Davids_Hobbies
@Davids_Hobbies 2 жыл бұрын
Keeping with the train theme, how about a video about New Jersey Transit?
@stefanhoimes
@stefanhoimes 2 жыл бұрын
Ohhhh my. Don't get me started! The 406 bus has only been running every 2ish hours due to "operator availability" for at least 2 months. And sometimes, I get a driver on the last bus into Philly that takes an unannounced piss stop somewhere in Camden. Like, he just pulls over about 1-2 miles before Walter Rand and urinates on the side of the road. I _wish_ I was kidding. I'm usually the only one, maybe 1 or 2 others, on that bus and I'm usually zoning out and knitting before realizing that I got _that_ driver. I could write books on NJT, Patco, and Septa adventures (from this week alone). 😂
@originalsickHUNTER
@originalsickHUNTER 2 жыл бұрын
Born and raised in Astoria queens new York. Lived under the NQ like (now the NW) amazing to see the history of it!
@originalsickHUNTER
@originalsickHUNTER 2 жыл бұрын
Shame you didn't mention how the first subway system in the 1880s was a lie to make a mail tube tunnel so they could get the rights to make the subway.
@obsidian....
@obsidian.... 2 жыл бұрын
7:20 "The New York Times..." Lol. I'm not sure a city = newspaper 👍🤣
@mp-xt2rg
@mp-xt2rg 2 жыл бұрын
I would say mismanaged not underfunded.
@kaygetsbusy
@kaygetsbusy 2 жыл бұрын
That's the best way to put it cause they spend the money on dumb shit like the contractors and the work is not worth the money
@scharkalvin
@scharkalvin 2 жыл бұрын
The Beach subway tunnel became part of the BMT subway when workers digging the new subway broke into the old tunnel, not knowing it was there.
@Will-me8zw
@Will-me8zw 2 жыл бұрын
Ghostbusters 2 found it first lol
@scharkalvin
@scharkalvin 2 жыл бұрын
@@Will-me8zw You may have been thinking about the abandoned City Hall station on the IRT Lexington Ave line. That is a loop station where the two local tracks switch direction at the end of the line. The tracks are very much still in use, but the station is not. The public can see the station on subway tours riding in a museum train.
@kokomo9764
@kokomo9764 2 жыл бұрын
As a former resident of Manhattan I will tell you I never went near a Subway unless I absolutely had to. When I moved to Washington DC I was amazed at how clean and bright the stations were. Such a huge difference.
@johnallen8248
@johnallen8248 2 жыл бұрын
I would hope so. The cost of riding the DC metro is on par with getting an Uber.
@kokomo9764
@kokomo9764 2 жыл бұрын
@@johnallen8248 Not really. But it is well worth the cost.
@prof2yousmithe444
@prof2yousmithe444 2 жыл бұрын
I have been to NYC several times for business and for pleasure. I loved the subway there. It was not as nice as say the TTC in Toronto, Canada, bit it is still decent.
@pmgn8444
@pmgn8444 2 жыл бұрын
Now do the New York City water supply system.
@ktoliman
@ktoliman 2 жыл бұрын
Honestly, best tap water I've ever had
@christopherderrah3294
@christopherderrah3294 2 жыл бұрын
Those subways were very very cheap, compared to the highways.
@empirestate8791
@empirestate8791 Жыл бұрын
Should mention that elevated rail and streetcars were quite extensive even in 1904, when the subway opened. NYC has had rapid transit since 1868, but it was largely elevated or at-grade, and the first major underground rapid transit was built in 1904.
@andreschizhov2934
@andreschizhov2934 2 жыл бұрын
Make an episode on the moscow metro please!!
@gunkyzip
@gunkyzip 2 жыл бұрын
Boston's T system needs a magnifying glass by this channel.
@Jasruler
@Jasruler 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah dude that lil toy train set is a side project at best.
@gunkyzip
@gunkyzip 2 жыл бұрын
@@Jasruler Simon's new channel: Fail Projects (very close to Business Blaze but without humor)
@isabellacalavera8577
@isabellacalavera8577 2 жыл бұрын
Great video as usual but I have a rather odd recommendation as a mega project. The Bikini! Not the place where it’s named after since that was on Geographics...if you think about the history of the Bikini and the logistics in manufacturing bikinis and the impact on culture is quite something for something so revealing!
@foxhoundp9949
@foxhoundp9949 2 жыл бұрын
I think that would be a perfect sideprojects! With other odd stuff along the lines of clothing which is oddly complex at times and has weird history like heels being made for butchers and horse back riding, so ya know, for men.... as well as the history of the bra, or hoodie origin? 🤔 I'm sure there's more funky clothes we use without realizing it's super old or weirdly made
@AdjutorMusic
@AdjutorMusic 2 жыл бұрын
This vid would be interesting. It's actually a whack story😅👍🏻👍🏻
@japsniper1980
@japsniper1980 2 жыл бұрын
Loved to see a video about the Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche.
@VisibilityFoggy
@VisibilityFoggy 2 жыл бұрын
Ugh, it is a damn shame they never put that into production. Probably the most beautiful combat helicopter ever made.
@darinbauer8122
@darinbauer8122 2 жыл бұрын
I would definitely show this video if I was teaching an urban studies class.
@yewtoob2007
@yewtoob2007 2 жыл бұрын
Megaprojects suggestion: Operation Highjump
@yewtoob2007
@yewtoob2007 2 жыл бұрын
@No Comment Until This Instant No, the 1946 US Navy invasion of Antarctica (for science). There's a good US Navy documentary film about it on youtube.
@Beryllahawk
@Beryllahawk 2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating, but kind of makes me sad too. I only lived in NYC for a year or so, and I was a little kid at the time, too young to understand whatever dangers might've been around (would've been about '81 or '82 I think). What I remember isn't shrouded in worry or fear at all, but rather in a kind of wonder. I marveled at the graffiti, not understanding that the adults around me disapproved of it. To me it was simply amazing artworks, full of color and motion. (The fact that I couldn't read yet probably also affected that, hah!) The cars felt like they were practically flying, and if there were rats, I never noticed them at all. That said, I also didn't ride the train alone, nor was I ever on a subway after dark; we lived in Queens, and didn't often need to be on the subway to get where we needed to go. So maybe it wouldn't have been as - well, magical - to me if I'd seen the bad parts, the bad times.
@mgabrysSF
@mgabrysSF 2 жыл бұрын
Do BART next. That one is interesting if only because it's not only in an earthquake zone (but is an insanely safe design because of that) but is missing at least half of it's proposed layout. It was also featured in THX-1138 including the climax at the end. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX_1138#/media/File:Toward_the_Transbay_Tube.jpg
@ronniedelahoussayechauvin6717
@ronniedelahoussayechauvin6717 2 жыл бұрын
Corruption & Software Corruption & App Mobsters. I DO NOT SUPPORT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. I WAS USED WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE & MY RIGHTS WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM ME FOR NO REASON. NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL & OTHER INSURANCE COMPANIES FALSIFYING DOCUMENTS. STOLEN PROPERTY & INSURANCE THEFT TOO. CORRUPT ENTERPRISE. VERY DANGEROUS!
@TalesOfWar
@TalesOfWar 2 жыл бұрын
To sum this up. America just doesn't seem to like public transport or mass transit systems in general. Just add more, wider roads and more cars. That'll fix things! ...
@MarloSoBalJr
@MarloSoBalJr 2 жыл бұрын
Ask Maryland... Literally turned down $123 million in federal funds for transit infrastructure improvements, and said no.
@Juvelqairth
@Juvelqairth 2 жыл бұрын
Widening the existing highway, bringing more cars and vans from consumers by buying it, congesting the same highway that brings road rage and the cycles all over again when solving traffic
@VisibilityFoggy
@VisibilityFoggy 2 жыл бұрын
@@MarloSoBalJr Well, they turned down the $123 million because they would've had to spend billions. Add in all the bribery and labor union corruption and you'd have a disaster. I genuinely do hate to get political, but the problem is that most of America's large cities are poor, dysfunctional, crime-filled, corrupt and dominated by one political party. The rest of the country hates throwing money at these cities, which is always wasted. The vast majority of Americans have absolutely no need for urban transit systems, and those who do have a need can't afford to pay for them.
@Remianen
@Remianen 2 жыл бұрын
@@VisibilityFoggy Honestly, "the rest of the country" should STFU. As a person born and raised in NYC, I know for a fact that New York City's five boroughs contribute more to the federal budget (via tax revenue) than most STATES. I also know that New York City has a higher GDP than the vast majority of UN entities (11th highest in the world if it were a country, ahead of Russia). A majority of Americans don't hold a passport. Does that mean we should ignore international travel infrastructure? "The rest of the country" should worry about why they can't get and/or keep a pro sports franchise or why Wyoming was entitled to federal funds earmarked to rebuild after 9/11. New York has subsidized lots of things we're not the least bit interested in or have no need of and we've done it for decades. What's the big deal? And if NYC is poor, what are Sioux City or Montgomery or Baton Rouge? I could rent an Antebellum mansion in Baton Rouge for the price of a broom closet in Manhattan or Brooklyn.....and I'd have a lot more time to make up my mind since that broom closet is not going to be available for very long. You're using that same old tired 'city=bad, exurb/sticks=gud' trope that's been done to death for literally decades. Remember Atlanta? Probably not. When I was a kid, Atlanta was a sleepy small to mid-size town that exploded due to urban flight from places like NYC, Philly, Chicago, Dallas, and Houston. You're right about one thing though: inefficiencies caused by union contracts and government bureaucracy is a serious problem in EVERY heavily populated US city. While heavily populated cities tend to be bastions of liberalism and progressivism, even the "red" cities have this issue (hi Charlotte! Hi Dallas/Fort Worth/Houston/San Antonio/any Texas city not named Austin!). So it's not a case of 'blue=bad, blue=poor, blue=corrupt' as you tried to suggest.
@greenmachine5600
@greenmachine5600 2 жыл бұрын
@@Remianen very much agreed!
@mhklein57
@mhklein57 2 жыл бұрын
I'm curious how the London subway system compares.
@METALFACEDOOMXXXX
@METALFACEDOOMXXXX 2 жыл бұрын
It doesn't.
@chenjamin1
@chenjamin1 2 жыл бұрын
it has more coverage and trains come more often, but being built in 1860 there is no ventilation so is slowly being made unfit for human life by climate change
@DancingLedge
@DancingLedge 2 жыл бұрын
@superdug have to agree about the NYC subway compared to the London tube. It’s night and day. The nyc stations seem grubby and it’s like stepping back in time on the carriages. Though they are starting to trial 24hr services on some of the major lines and sorting out things like wifi and AC in the trains themselves It should be highly informative to see how the new Elizabeth line does when it opens I have less hope for the nyc subway keeping up with other modern metros
@abhaymanoj3784
@abhaymanoj3784 2 жыл бұрын
@@METALFACEDOOMXXXX oh it does the london tube is much better and cleaner unlike new york
@METALFACEDOOMXXXX
@METALFACEDOOMXXXX 2 жыл бұрын
@@abhaymanoj3784 NYC subway is real and gritty unlike London's vaginal tube!
@robertlitman2661
@robertlitman2661 2 жыл бұрын
Some comments: Broadway is the name of the avenue, not Broadway Street. The "financial troubles" glossed over regarding the pneumatic subway were from government corruption, and deserve their own story. The video at 4:36 shows trolley cars going over the Brooklyn Bridge. That bridge did have its own dedicated light rail system (before the tracks were replaced with road lanes), but it NEVER connected to the subway system.
@helljumper912
@helljumper912 2 жыл бұрын
You want a cookie for being the smartest kid in class?
@civlyzed
@civlyzed 2 жыл бұрын
@@helljumper912 Just give him a cookie :D
@blue9multimediagroup
@blue9multimediagroup 2 жыл бұрын
Wasn't light rail. It was streetcar.
@blue9multimediagroup
@blue9multimediagroup 2 жыл бұрын
@@helljumper912 Why do you care? Go eat a Snickers with all that hate
@cheekibreekidude2008
@cheekibreekidude2008 2 жыл бұрын
Indirectly.Don't forget about the Trolley Terminal at Essex Street on the J,M,and Z.
@kennethfharkin
@kennethfharkin 2 жыл бұрын
Probably not the first poster but the first New York poster!!!
@kennethfharkin
@kennethfharkin 2 жыл бұрын
Check out the formerly secret tunnels UNDER Grand Central Station in NYC. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p7KAgtClrpq7aX0.html
@codeman99-dev
@codeman99-dev 2 жыл бұрын
Eh. I really feel this video skipped on a lot of important details. First and foremost, explain the map of the systems. Really hard to understand the context of the suburbs without a better understand of the map. Secondly, despite the funding issues, there is always work being done. Seriously, always. I even worked for one of the contracted companies to update the control software of the PATH system. While that's not exactly the city's system, it does serve important areas. The same company was also working on other projects for the MTA.
@JTL1776
@JTL1776 2 жыл бұрын
PLEASE MAKE A video on The MOSCOW subway system. And THE WASHINGTON DC subway system.
@kieranklein2527
@kieranklein2527 2 жыл бұрын
Lets calm down alittle with subways at this point. Lol
@GREGGXYZ
@GREGGXYZ 2 жыл бұрын
There is no such agency as the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Its proper name is the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Nelson Rockefeller created an agency initially called the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority which eventually became the MTA known today.
@doge.a.cat2002
@doge.a.cat2002 2 жыл бұрын
Beach Pneumatic Transit - the hyperloop of its day
@brianmohammed1790
@brianmohammed1790 2 жыл бұрын
you should do a video on the r211 subway cars
@larryjohnson3087
@larryjohnson3087 2 жыл бұрын
The most expensive bathroom in the world!
@briandufty5081
@briandufty5081 2 жыл бұрын
Mine is worm cuddly.
@anarchyantz1564
@anarchyantz1564 2 жыл бұрын
That's Trumps toilet isnt it?
@JTL1776
@JTL1776 2 жыл бұрын
@@anarchyantz1564 no that's BILL GATES. toilet. I mean considering he put some money in RND on water less toilets for mass production his personal must be quite expensive.
@brianmurphy1000
@brianmurphy1000 2 жыл бұрын
Don’t take the elevators
@KarsonNow
@KarsonNow 2 жыл бұрын
Pissoir sounds better, so elegant and upscale... 🤷‍♂️☝️🙃😅🤭
@VictorElGreco
@VictorElGreco 2 жыл бұрын
I must admit I miss the heavily distorted voice of the conductor hollering through the PA system in the 70s. “WASHACLAWZENDAWZ!”
@Jasruler
@Jasruler 2 жыл бұрын
The 70's? Hop an AC line. "FRANKAVENOWTHISHBRAWAYJUKSHUNTRANSFERTOSERVICELRZJRLINES"
@brucelee3388
@brucelee3388 2 жыл бұрын
Pretty universal - the British BBC 'Goon Show' even parodied it .......'Minnador, Minnador'
@raconteur5195
@raconteur5195 2 жыл бұрын
That must have been good ol' working class joe biden during the day.
@liamcragin
@liamcragin 2 жыл бұрын
@@Jasruler or the 6!
@artz9643
@artz9643 2 жыл бұрын
How about doing a video about the "EL" train in Chicago?
@Noah_E
@Noah_E 2 жыл бұрын
When I moved to NoVa in 2003 the metro system (WMATA) was reliable and relatively inexpensive. By the time I left the area in 2015 I could get to the station at the same time two days in a row and it might take 20 minutes to get to my office one day and 35 the next. I could leave my office at the same time and have the same inconsistent return commute. After multiple fare increases it was no longer cheaper than driving into the District if you had employer subsidized parking and since they slowed the trains down to share tunnels it also took longer than driving. To add insult to injury Arlington kept raising property tax to subsidize a system that was so broken few people in my community used despite a station being within walking distance. Another note, when I started parking wasn’t subsidized, but after WMATA hit critical suck in 2008 many companies started to provide it because they didn’t like employees coming in late or leaving early to compensate for unpredictable commutes and delays.
@VisibilityFoggy
@VisibilityFoggy 2 жыл бұрын
At least the D.C. Metro is clean and the stations are well maintained. I've actually turned down a couple job offers in the D.C. area because I have no desire to live in the district, and everything takes forever from the suburbs.
@brookcorner7903
@brookcorner7903 2 жыл бұрын
Should do the Moscow metro system next.
@msdos730
@msdos730 2 жыл бұрын
Oh MY GOD he did it!!! My prayers are answered.
@douglasjgallup
@douglasjgallup 2 жыл бұрын
One of the keys for NYC is to use Metro north and LIRR lines within the city more effectively as subways. Add additional stations and increased service on those lines and charge subway fare and you're halfway there. Essentially, treat them as the RER in Paris. Then, take over some of the existing freight lines and transform them into transit lines. A lot of good can be done with less money.
@mandisaw
@mandisaw 2 жыл бұрын
I'm afraid you don't know how trains physically work. All those lines have different gauges (width between the rails) and different height/width clearances. Metro-North and LIRR already have stations within the Bronx & Queens/Brooklyn, respectively, but there's no way to interoperate them with subways. Closest you can have is a transfer hub, and that already exists at Jamaica hub, Flushing-Main St, & Atlantic terminal (LIRR), and Fordham and 125th Street (MNR). As for freight lines, Amtrak owns those routes - where Metro-North uses them, the State is paying for the privilege. They're even going to double-down with the Gateway project coming into GCT & Penn - nice bit of cash for Amtrak, and convenience for NYC riders of Metro-North.
@douglasjgallup
@douglasjgallup 2 жыл бұрын
@@mandisaw I didn’t say “put subway trains on those tracks”. I’m aware that they have different gauges. I was advocating for treating the portion of the LIRR and MNRR within city limits as a subway-like service akin to the RER in Paris. Additional stations could be added along those lines, additional trains could be run to increase service frequency, and the fare could be the same as the subway. While the Paris Metro and the RER operate very different sized trains, for all intents and purposes it operates much like a subway within city limits and becomes a bit more like a commuter train on the outer portions and branch lines.
@mandisaw
@mandisaw 2 жыл бұрын
@@douglasjgallup Can't speak to how Paris does it, but that doesn't make much economic sense here, given that we already have both a subway and a commuter rail. All the rail lines that stop within City limits already have frequent, local service, are generally cheap to use based on their City zone, and are reduced even further on the weekends (CityPass). You can't just add more trains without a ridership need and most city residents either can't afford anything above subway base fare, or are unfamiliar with the way commuter rail operates (fixed schedule, pay before you board, etc). The Bronx is slated to get a handful of new MNR stations, so we'll see how that goes, but as to the existing service, there's already max ridership on those rush hour local trains that serve the City & border stations. Outside of the AM/PM rush, there's just no money in it.
@eriklakeland3857
@eriklakeland3857 2 жыл бұрын
@@douglasjgallup the Parisian RER is a fantastic model for New York’s Metro North and LIRR service. However, I’m wary about converting tracks used by freight trains into transit lines. Freight trains are important.
@joedimaggio6261
@joedimaggio6261 2 жыл бұрын
Do a video on the Airbus A-380
@ianmorris7485
@ianmorris7485 2 жыл бұрын
On my first visit to New York back in the late 1970's, I made the unfortunate decision to use the Subway. It was an unforgettable experience - and not in any positive way. I will never forget the graffiti, the dirt, the surly staff, the confusing signage, the smell, the heat.
@mandisaw
@mandisaw 2 жыл бұрын
1- Late 70s was the height of the Fiscal Crisis, nearly every city in the country suffered. 2- It's alright, you're a tourist - it's not *for* you LOL
@abhaymanoj3784
@abhaymanoj3784 2 жыл бұрын
@@mandisaw even now the subway is terrible its so dirty and horrid it doesn't compare to the London subway or the Tokyo metro
@lamarinurse6270
@lamarinurse6270 2 жыл бұрын
@@abhaymanoj3784 its not that dirty
@JaredlS10
@JaredlS10 2 жыл бұрын
11:24 Splinter grabbing lunch for his kids.
@ryateo1
@ryateo1 2 жыл бұрын
Lolololololol!
@thejudgmentalcat
@thejudgmentalcat 2 жыл бұрын
All 2,000 of them!
@kineticdeath
@kineticdeath 2 жыл бұрын
cowabunga? something like that anyway
@fuzzyhair321
@fuzzyhair321 2 жыл бұрын
Do one of Sydneys train network. You can travel from the blue mountains, to the CBD to then go north in around 2hrs. It literally splits the whole city
@Mike42998
@Mike42998 2 жыл бұрын
I have been waiting a long time for this video, i suggested it i think 6 months ago, but i might not have been the first
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