Comments on: Top 5 cities for public transit http://stephenrees.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/top-5-cities-for-public-transit/ Thoughts about the relationships between transport and the urban area it serves Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:38:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Stephen Rees http://stephenrees.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/top-5-cities-for-public-transit/#comment-7067 Stephen Rees Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:48:47 +0000 http://stephenrees.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/top-5-cities-for-public-transit/#comment-7067 And this from today's <a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/transport/article3028730.ece" rel="nofollow">Independent</a> <blockquote>A poll of world travellers by TripAdvisor reveals that people outside the UK believe that the capital's transport system is one of the safest and most efficient public transport networks in the world. The Underground and the ever-cheerful London cabbie come in for particularly high praise.</blockquote> And this from today’s Independent

A poll of world travellers by TripAdvisor reveals that people outside the UK believe that the capital’s transport system is one of the safest and most efficient public transport networks in the world. The Underground and the ever-cheerful London cabbie come in for particularly high praise.

]]> By: Andy in Germany http://stephenrees.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/top-5-cities-for-public-transit/#comment-7054 Andy in Germany Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:06:53 +0000 http://stephenrees.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/top-5-cities-for-public-transit/#comment-7054 I wouldn't score Tokyo so highly, having tried to use their system several times with my Japanese wife: High-floor, narrow busses, no segregated lanes and little integrated ticketing make it hard to change modes if a different company is running the next leg, connections are haphazard or non-existent, and stations can be several blocks apart down narrow lanes with no signs, stations with random steps between platforms or even in front of lavatories, and no barrier free alternative. Great if you are able to walk, and don't have a buggy or any luggage but terrible otherwise. I wouldn’t score Tokyo so highly, having tried to use their system several times with my Japanese wife: High-floor, narrow busses, no segregated lanes and little integrated ticketing make it hard to change modes if a different company is running the next leg, connections are haphazard or non-existent, and stations can be several blocks apart down narrow lanes with no signs, stations with random steps between platforms or even in front of lavatories, and no barrier free alternative. Great if you are able to walk, and don’t have a buggy or any luggage but terrible otherwise.

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