Amsterdam (trams, buses, subway)
GOD TIER EVERYTHING
11/10

>>291139
oh yeah, I forgot Holland

trains were awesome

they dont have a subway though, do they? If so I didnt ride it.

Holland must be below sea level.

Washington DC Metro:
Constant delays
Insane prices based on how far you travel, reaching as much as $5-6 for a one way trip
Unsafe, has had at least 3 accidents within the last 5 years
Unfriendly customer service, comprised mostly of ghetto black people that can't be bothered to help you
Conductors can offload trains if they can't get the doors closed (which happens a lot during rush hour)
Annoying to ride, what with ghetto black kids constantly riding them

Has spawned two websites based on how shitty the service is:
http://unsuckdcmetro.blogspot.com/
http://howfuckedismetro.com/

>>291146

Forgot my rating:
1/10, only because its better than having no transportation at all.

>>291146
i feel ya bro

if you eat on the subway in Taiwan its like a $300 usd fine.

Some chick wouldnt give her priority seat to an old man. It got caught on camera and was on the news. She got death threats. In NYC I have seen people spill drinks and then just get up and move, leaving drink all over the floor

Not a chinaboo, but there are some things we need to borrow from them.

JR:
Clean
Prompt
Decently priced
Can get you just about anywhere in the country
Most communities are built around the stations
Employees are professional and courteous
overall rating: 10/10

Phoenix, Arizona Valley Metro: KILL IT WITH FIRE
Denver/Front Range Colorado RTD: It's pretty amazing. Regional routes from many front range cities and even one route that goes to a ski resort. Lots of neighborhood/smaller routes. Generally on time, though heavy snow can cause problems. RTD has a light rail system too. It's a bit limited due to it being fairly new, but new routes are opening pretty soon.

>>291164
JR?

>>291168
Japan Rail

Los Angeles: clean, safe, doesn't go anywhere, but is getting better, 3/10

New York: dirty, unsafe, gets you there, but in an awful fucking city, 5/10

Paris: reasonably safe, semi-dirty, goes everywhere, musicians asking for money, runs late at night, 8/10

London: reasonably safe, less dirty now (not as much black snot after a ride), goes everywhere, 7/10

JR: can't fucking wait, 2 more weeks, 11/10 anticipation

NJ Transit

Bus - Scary people on the buses near Trenton. Very cheap to get to other towns. All the old buses recently got replaced by these newer models.

Rail - Best option to get to New York. Almost all of the old Arrow III cars got replaced by the double decker Bombardier MLV. Oh, but a lot of delays mostly cause some fag an hero'd on the tracks.

>Baltimore Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)
Light Rail
-Decent most of the time, but when it fucks up, it's cataclysmic.
-Not very good with large crowds and events
Metro
-Never had any problems there, dirty and creepy people in the stations though.
A Few Bus Lines
-Mostly on time, occasionally decides not to show up though.
-Many of the buses are new and nice.

>Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Metro Lines
-Only rode a couple of times, but no problems.
A Couple Bus Lines
-Again, only rode a few lines but no problems.

>San Jose Valley Transit Authority (VTA):
Light rail: Have to wait 15 minutes to a half hour between trains. Mainly used by the homeless and 13 year-olds. 4/10
Bus: Always in need of cleaning, mostly on time. 7/10


>MTA metro:
Got me from the airport to my hotel for $4. I was nicely surprised by how frequently it ran. 9/10

>Vietnam North-South Railway
A sleeping car three beds high. Does the job for cheap. 8/10
Pic related, it's the Hanoi station.

>>291219
>Vietnam

What is it like in Vietnam?

>>291141
yeah there's a "subway" in Amsterdam that has 3 or 4 lines, they stay underground beneath the downtown area but then come up and go on the train tracks to go out to the suburbs.

Washington, DC
Metro/Subway- maps are good, stations are good, cars are decent, travel times are good unless during rush hour or big events. Loud Italian tourists, wild negro children, bigass escalators that break down, fucking expensive.
7/10
Metro/Buses- Cheap, good routes, bad A/C, too many poor people. Quiet in the early mornings though, lots of old women commuting. Drivers can suck
7/10
Circulator bus- Awesome, cheap, minimal stops, nice drivers, nice seats but shitty layout.
9/10

Portland, OR
MAX lightrail- Relatively cheap pricing, good layout, good heat and A/C, routes that go pretty far.
8/10
Trimet buses- Crazy drivers, homeless people, teenagers, 20-nothings. Too many bikes, very slow, good routes.
6/10

Lodon, England
The Tube- Filthy, expensive, relatively fast, awesome routes, awesome stations, very quiet in the cars. no eye contact allowed.
8/10
Overground trains- Great if you live in zone 4-5-6, gets you into the city center quick, totally empty cars, stations are more "village" like, fast, great seats, better views of london.
9/10

LA Metro System
Gets you places with sufficient planning
The intervals between buses is awful, you might need to wait an hour between some buses
Rail lines are pretty good in terms of time
Buses and trains are sometimes dirty
Fare pricing isn't that great 1.50 for one way ON A SINGLE LINE, $6 for the whole day.
overall: 6/10

Bangkok Train System:
very efficient, gets you around anywhere in Bangkok
Pricing is quite fair; approx 1 USD for one way trip to anywhere in Bangkok
Air Conditioning is always at max; it really helps during does humid days
Employees are very courteous.
Stops are always by some sort of shopping district/mall.
overall rating: 9/10

Singapore subway system
Gets you anywhere in the country
Trains come by often
You can reuse your ticket by feeding it back to the machine and getting a 1 dollar coin of out it, good for another ticket
Very smooth and quiet
overall rating 10/10

Hong Kong: Clean, super fast, super convenient, perfect. But can get very crowded during certain hours and stations
9/10

Tokyo: Huge, reaches everywhere, can get very crowded, but a bit dirty and old. As a tourist it's a nightmare to navigate
7/10

Boston: Not that new, kind of clean, but small/doesn't cover the city by any means
2/10

Singapore: Clean, pretty modern, decently convenient (Singapore's small so not a big achievement), but sometimes ppl with bad hygiene
8/10

Shanghai: Pretty modern, but very crowded and people are dirty and rude, you're in hell if its a crowded car
2/10

New York: Dirty, old, but gets you pretty much everywhere. Lots of people with bad hygiene.
3/10

London Tube: Kind of clean, comfortable seats, not as old as New York, gets you everywhere, though pricing by zones is annoying
6/10

Berlin: Clean enough, modern enough, gets you most places
7/10

Paris: A bit dirty but don't remember it that well, but I think it's around a
6/10

Los Angeles Bus system:
cleaner than the past
lots of homeless people
crowded just about always
crazy people
gets you almost nowhere you need to go in triple the time.
fare used to be $1.25, now $1.50

overall rating: 5/10 because of price

San Diego Public system:
Streetcar is the best in California
Pretty clean
lots of homeless people near the VA, otherwise, regular commuters
Fair amt of coverage of sprawl. DT, national city, mission san diego, and kerny mesa
fare is $2.25

overall rating: 7/10

>>291230
>Shanghai: people are dirty and rude
That's the city summed up. They're known for their arrogance, and self-centeredness.

Tokyo: goes everywhere I wanted to go, stations had great vending machines, would have been a 10/10 if I could read Japanese signs.

London: goes everywhere I wanted to go, some of the transfers involved excessive walking, 8/10

Toronto: legacy payment system, not every extensive, but the street cars were great! 5/10

Montreal: oppressively loud. They aren't even real subway cars - they have rubber tires! 1/10

Puget Sound Railroad:
- Inconvenient
- Expensive
- Destination is not close to anything
4/10

Singapore MRT
- Cheap as fuck
- Clean as fuck
- Efficient, one train every 4 minutes, rarely ever late
- Superb automation and ticketing machines
- dem EZ Link cards
- Goes everywhere
8/10

Indonesian KAI
- SUPER overcrowding problem
- Extremely dirty
- Teeming with pickpockets, unhygienic people
- Doesn't go anywhere close to where you want to go
- Uncomfortable as fuck. It's to be expected from 60 year old rails and trains I guess.
- Inefficient ticketing system and station layout.
-3/10

Malaysian LRT:
- Same as Indonesian KAI but slightly better and more civilized.
3/10

Japanese JR:
- Punctual like I've never seen before
- Sardines in a can during rush hour
- Convenient
- You can go anywhere
- Very efficient, very convenient ticketing system
- dem stations, dem high-tech trains
- Strange rule about no cellphone in trains or buses
9/10

Sydney Metro
- Confusing train routes
- Same with tickets and pricing system
- Convenient if you want to go to the City or the Airport, but that's about it.
- Abbos and teenage delinquents in the less-popular routes/stations.
6/10

Can't wait to try out China's new high speed rail and the so-called road trains.

yay nobody did chicago

chicago metra:
clean, quiet, courteous
filled with white people at least on northern lines
tad expensive, but i have student discount (4.50 round trip from suburbs)
employees often let me go free
mainly services suburbs
beautiful station (ogilvie)

9/10

CTA: (chicago transit authoity)
cheap
dirty
filled with hobos and black people
gets you around in the city
old historic station (union)

6/10

NYC MTA
Dirty
Flat rate $2.25 (but rising)
Prone to delays
Gets you to most places < 1 hour

Mass transit in Tokyo (JR, Tokyo metro, toei, etc)
Rate increases with distance
Exceptionally clean
Requires many transfers
Hard to get used to the different lines
Gets to most places

NYC
- epic fonts
- pretty dirty
- gets you around fast
6/10

Vancouver
- new and neat
- not too extensive
- very expensive
6/10

Berlin
- Extensive and cheap
- Dirty
9/10

Paris
- Romantic and neat
8/10

Copenhagen
- Clean and new
- Metros go all the time
- Expensive as fuck
8/10

Have been to more, but can't remember them well enough to write about them

>>291247
>>291247
>>291247

fuck off you dont know shit about the CTA..

>>291233
>oppressively loud

It's funny because the only reason for rubber-tire-metros is for it to be less loud.

Also, what do these use as a ground-voltage rail?

>>291237
>Puget Sound Railroad

The Puget Sound railroad is cargo only. Either you're lumber or a hobo. That or you don't know what the fuck you're talking about.

Moscow:

most beautifully designed metro stations ever created
on time for the most part (iirc)
went everywhere i needed to go

>>291344
>most beautifully designed metro stations ever created

i heard that all dictatorships have great subways.

i know russia is no longer a dictatorship, but it once was.

i saw a documentary on North Korea and the subway looked brilliant

>>291247
CTA is incredibly region specific. DO NOT RIDE if you don't have a native tell you when and where. This goes for the buses and the el.
am curious if the southside redline extension whitened things up at all. i would take the Rock into lasalle and then the el from there rather than ride it.

>>291346
>i saw a documentary on North Korea and the subway looked brilliant

The two stations they show to the few visitors they let in are. The rest (there aren't many) are said to be tiny and dingy. That country is a Potemkin village, start to finish.