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A Tournament of Public Transportation Systems
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yeah i know, i just keep not thinking about it. if i remember i'll do it after finals but no promises, sorry
What news of round 2? Everything OK over there?
Yeah sorry I’m just procrastinating
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What news of round 2? Everything OK over there?
Yeah sorry I’m just procrastinating
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Yes, Shinkansen is a specific train in Japan but the name is used often enough to describe any high speed train so it is on this list
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I'll try to get round 2 out by next weekend but I make no promises.
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Now it is time for the much worse half of Our Poll. Which city is most unlivable without a car?
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Curious what Tumblr sees as the best urbanist city(most livable without a car)
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I didn't realise this was a tournament until it was too late but an honourable mention if I may:
Sydney Trains (particularly Tangara era T-sets)!
- to start with, they're bi-level suburban/metro electrical multiple unit trains on a heritage network! You don't see that every day!
- the network is huge! Hundreds of stops, nearly 1000000 metres of tracks. That's almost enough to make it a quarter of the way across Australia and this network is only for Sydney itself
- goes over the harbour bridge so you can sit on the top floor and get incredible views of the harbour and the Sydney Opera house
- look at their weird little flat ends they're so skrunkly
- the seats can flip back to front so you can turn them around to sit with your friends
- was originally a bunch of specialised train sets and then they realised this was already the perfect design and converted all the trains to T sets
That's pretty cool!
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Here some BART concept art from 1965–I think it’s striking how much the trains and the stations still look like this today. She’s still got a gorgeous retro-futuristic space age look
BART finally opened in 1972, and recently celebrated her 50 year anniversary
Thank you!
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did no one submit the DC metro :( i will offer propaganda for it anyway. the old (series 2000) cars have fun colored seats and carpeted floors. the lines reach out well into the suburbs for lots of access. if you like brutalism you will love some of the stations. and we have the tallest escalator in the western hemisphere at wheaton
Now that you mention it, the DC metro is pretty cool (in my opinion) so it is a bit surprising that nobody submitted it.
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Did no one submit the monstrous murderous ma- I mean the amazing family-friendly railjet? 🤔
I don't believe anybody did.
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Round 1!
The TCAT, Tompkins County, NY, USA vs Seattle Center Monorail, Seattle, WA, USA
M1 (or Millennium Underground Railway, but also known as "the small underground" by locals), Budapest, Hungary vs Grande Recife, Recife, Brazil
London Underground, Greater London, England vs Rotterdam Metro, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Beamish Tramway, Beamish Museum, Beamish, England vs Catbus/Nekobus, Sayama Hills, Saitama Prefecture, Japan (My Neighbor Totoro)
The New York City Subway system, New York City, NY, USA vs Corviknight Flying Taxi, Galar (Pokémon Sword and Shield)
Buenos Aires Underground (Subte), Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina vs Monte Toboggan, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
The Stargate Network, throughout the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies (the Stargate franchise) vs the Deepsea Metro, Inkopolis Bay (Splatoon)
CAT, Perth, Western Australia vs SkyTrain, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Brolly Rail, Nevermoor (Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend) vs Métro Ligne 4, Paris, France
Tyne and Wear Metro, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom vs the REM, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (upcoming)
Jeepney, the Philippines vs Sea Train, Water 7, connecting it with St. Poplar, San Faldo, and Pucci, as well as the Judicial Island Enies Lobby (One Piece)
The MTR, Hong Kong, PRC vs the Omnibus, New York, NY, USA (1832)
SeaBus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada vs Wuppertaler Schwebebahn, Wuppertal, Germany
Ice Highway, the Nether Roof (Minecraft) vs Battle Subway, Unova (Pokémon Black and White)
WY Metro, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom vs Tunnelbana, Stockholm, Sweden
MRT (Moda Raya Terpadu/Mass Rapid Transit), Jakarta, Indonesia vs An Luas, Dublin, Ireland
RIPTA (Rhode Island public transit authority) (it’s buses), Rhode Island, USA vs Bakerloo Line, London Underground, London, England
Mount Vesuvius Funicular Railway, Mount Vesuvius, Italy (opened in 1880, destroyed by volcanic eruption in 1944) vs AquaBus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Yarra Trams, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia vs SEPTA (southeast pennsylvania transportation authority), Pennsylvania, United States
Cable Cars, San Francisco, California, United States vs MAX Light Rail system, Portland, Oregon, United States
Amtrak, United States vs Fenelon Place Elevator, Dubuque, Iowa, United States
Ninky Nonk, Night Garden (In The Night Garden) vs Prague Metro, Prague, Czech Republic
Polar Bear Express, between Cochrane and Moosonee, Ontario, Canada vs the Crosstown Express, Robot City (Robots (2005))
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (the T), Greater Boston, Massachusetts, United States vs Worcester Regional Transit Authority, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Kakola Funicular, Turku, Finland vs Angkutan Kota (Angkot), Indonesia
Galaxy Railways, the Milky Way (The Galaxy Railways (銀河鉄道物語, Ginga Tetsudō Monogatari)) vs The Ride, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
MST Trolley, Monterey, California, United States vs People Mover, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Florida, United States
Public Transit Victoria, Victoria, Australia vs Carmelit, Haifa, Israel
The L, Chicago, Illinois, United States vs Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Personal Rapid Transit (PRT), Morgantown, West Virginia vs Helsingin seudun liikenne/Helsingforsregionens trafik/Helsinki Regional Transport, Helsinki, Finland
Gondolas, Venice, Italy vs the Trolley from the Trolley Problem (Philippa Foot came up with it originally, but in media it was also presented in "the good place")
Zahnradbahn Stuttgart (die Zacke), Stuttgart (Marienplatz to Degerloch), Baden-Württemberg, Germany vs Detroit People Mover, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Warp Pipes (Super Mario Bros.) vs SCMaglev, Yamanashi, Japan
Transport Canberra Bus Network, Canberra, Australia vs Stagways, Hallownest (Hollow Knight)
Roosevelt Island Tram, Roosevelt Island, New York, NY, United States vs NJ Transit (Northeast Corridor), New Jersey, United States
Sunrail, Orlando, Florida, United States vs Bay Area Rapid Transit, Bay Area, California, United States
Purple Route (Charm City Circulator), Baltimore, Maryland, United States vs Alderney Ferry (Halifax Transit), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Millennium Line, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada vs MARTA, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Dual Mode Vehicle (DMV), Asa Coast Railway, Shikoku, Japan vs Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, Lynmouth, England, UK
Hovercraft, Portsmouth - Ryde, UK vs Funiculars, the Questionable Area (Psychonauts 2)
WildNorWester, Sodor (The Railway Series) vs Shinkansen, Japan
Métro de Paris, Paris, France vs Metro do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Deutsche Bahn, Germany vs UC Davis Unitrans Bus System, Davis, California
Vaporetti, Venice, Italy vs Harbour Bus, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Vaporetti, Venice, Italy vs Harbour Bus, Copenhagen, Denmark
Vaporetti: The bus boats are so so fun and I love them. Also no traffic jams on the sea
Harbour Bus: It's a boat bus that operates on the same system as the other public transport in Copenhagen. You can stay inside and look out the huge windows or you can stand outside to feel the fresh breeze. It comes every 30 minutes and has a bunch of stops on the most popular parts of Copenhagen but if you want to travel the entire route, which takes around an hour, it only costs 25 dkk or less than $4. Definitely my favourite way of getting around Copenhagen in the summer!
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Deutsche Bahn, Germany vs UC Davis Unitrans Bus System, Davis, California
Deutsche Bahn: It's iconic
Unitrans: Unitrans is ran and operated entirely by UC Davis students. It’s one of the few transit systems in the US that has double decker buses that aren’t tour buses. They have antique London double decker buses as well as newer double decker buses in the fleet. The fleet is 95% powered by alternative fuel sources and they recently started transitioning to electric buses. Undergrads don’t have to pay a fare as long as they have a student ID card. Unitrans is accessible to everyone in the Davis community, not just students. Unitrans always gets me wherever I need to go. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
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Métro de Paris, Paris, France vs Metro do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Métro de Paris: It has character? Rubber wheels?
Metro do Porto: i'm just baised because i live there lol
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WildNorWester, Sodor (The Railway Series) vs Shinkansen, Japan
WildNorWester: hee hee funni talking train
Shinkansen: Bullet trains. Iconic. Mad punctual. "In 2016, JR Central reported that the Shinkansen's average delay from schedule per train was 24 seconds." (Wikipedia)
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