Originally Posted by CMK10
I'm going to rate New York City as the best. It's still only $2.50 to
go anywhere in the system with unlimited transfers. It has express trains (a huge
rarity in rapid transit systems) and I've never felt safe.
I've seldom (except at 3-4 am) felt
unsafe on the NYC subway.
Originally Posted by CMK10
For worst I'm going with Boston. I used to ride the Green Line from Packard's
Corner to the Airport and this would take me longer than flying up from New York. The
connections at Government Center were never timed, more often then not they'd take
the train out of service at Park Street and I'd have to change. Also, the entire trip
down Commonwealth Avenue was excruciatingly slow and obnoxious.
To be fair, the B line is more a D-minus line, but the C and D trains are usually
okay, as are the Red and Blue lines. I find that the Washington Metro though
marginally snazzier in appearance is less reliable than most of the Boston system.
Worse, I discover that the Metro line I need to take several times later this week
had a horrid accident yesterday that killed at least 9, after which the spokesidiot
claimed that the trains were safe:
We don't have the money in place to replace them," she said. "We
believe that they are safe to have on the rails."