Public Transportation and Smart Growth

Ready4Change

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8. Love Torontos mass transit. Hate DCs.

Mon Dec 26, 2011, 11:30 PM

Dec 2011

If I lived in Toronto and my home/workplace were in any way accessed by their mass transit I'd use it in a heartbeat. Clean, efficient, and the buses pull right into the train station, which allows you to pay once, even if you make several connections. And it's relatively affordable.

DCs metro system is costlier, you have to pay when changing from subway to/from bus, and it can take 2 hours to get from one side of the system to the other. When I used it (I used to commute from the 'burbs to downtown) I did a cost comparison, and even figuring in wear and tear on the vehicle, driving a car was cheaper, often faster, and left me with more flexibility. The single advantage riding metro had was that the time it took was more consistent. I hear they are about to raise their rates yet again. Glad I don't depend on that.

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Best Mass Transit Systems [View all] marmar Dec 2011 OP

Munich has an awesome mass transit system. The trains and buses are amazing. CottonBear Dec 2011 #1

I was going to add Munich to the list also CreekDog Dec 2011 #3

sooooooooooooo jealous! patrice Dec 2011 #2

Seconding Berlin, London, Paris, New York, Toronto CreekDog Dec 2011 #4

Stockholm has the reputation of being the world's best nxylas Dec 2011 #5

NOT Los Angeles. Hahahahahaha! kestrel91316 Dec 2011 #6

The Moscow Subway is without doubt the best (and most grand) txlibdem Dec 2011 #7

Love Torontos mass transit. Hate DCs. Ready4Change Dec 2011 #8