Yeah there are big gaps in usefulness in DC. Personally I hated having to go all the way downtown and back out to get from Takoma Park to Gaithersburg. The bus was worse though. I lived in Hyattsville before they put the Metro in and used to have to take a bus back from Brookland late at night.
Not familiar with the other systems you mention. Dana On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 23:24:27 -0800, Rob Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DC is great if you are convenient to the Metro's stops. I lived at 6th and > F(?) Southwest, then 2nd and C Southeast, and I rode the Metro everyday to > work and back. Never used my car because even late at night you can get a > cab home for reasonably cheap if you live close to the center. However, when > I lived at California and Connecticut Northwest (at the top of a big hill in > between two stops) and at 10th and C Northeast, the Metro was too far to be > useful everyday. I did use it periodically when I lived on California > because otherwise I walked all the way down Connecticut to an office two > blocks north of the White House, and that can be an uncomfortable hike in a > wool suit in July. > > The Boston T is a great system, as is the Boston bus system. I especially > love the little Green line trains that go above ground and look like light > rail cars. So retro! NYC subway pretty much rules as far as the US goes. > > Anyone ever take the Amtrak train between Boston and DC? There was a point > where it was actually cheaper to fly the shuttle (Trump or United) than to > take the train. I wish we had a better train system. > > In Europe, I love the Madrid subway. It goes everywhere and stays open late. > In my more reckless younger days I would stay out all night partying with my > friends and go home on the morning train just as the early birds were > heading off to work around 6-7 am. > > I had an opportunity to ride the metro in Kiev in the early 90's. Nice > system and very cheap at the time (I think it was like 1/10 of a penny to > ride). I hear Moscow's system is awesome, though I've never seen it. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 3:44 PM > Subject: Re: Best US City Trains (Was: How Does BART Work?) > > > Oh well... If we are going ouside the US, yes, Paris for one has a > > very complete metro system. It is or at least was possible to get > > mugged in some of the stations late at night however. Outside the US I > > would say London... when they are not having alerts over packages left > > in trains.... > > > > Dana > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:149888 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
