Living in Chicago, I have decided that our subway/el is garbage. I have never been on such a poor system. How I would rank the systems that I have been on.

1.Tokyo-Very fast. always on time. pretty nice trains and stations. great network.

2. DC-Super nice trains. Good coverage. Runs often and quick. does not run late.

3. Toronto. Didn't seem like it covered much ground, but it was super quick and trains came right away. Train was very nice.

4. Munich- Excellent coverage. quick trains, very nice ones too.

5. London. Excellent coverage. Trains came quick. Decent speed. Expensive. Some stops were nice, some were not. Trains were not that nice.

6. Paris. Same as London.

7. Milan. Didn't cover much ground. But it was OK otherwise.

8. Rome. Same as Milan.

9. NYC. Trains run frequesntly. They sometimes move quick, but often super slow. The new trains are nice, but the old ones are not. Coverage is great in manhattan, but poor elsewhere. Not a very good system, but better than Chicago.

10. Chicago. The worst I have ever been on. Useless unless you are going to or from downtown, or within the north side. I have never been on anything as slow as the red line. The worst smelling trains in the world. Stations are antiques. The only city in the world, where I resort to bus travel over trains.