If you have company flying into Atlanta for the holidays, they may have a hard time getting a ride to your place.

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    Also this is the US and most people aren’t savvy enough to figure out public transportation unless they’re in NYC.

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      I don’t have light rail in my city (one of the top 15 largest US cities). One of my favorite things to do when visiting other cities on vacation is use their public transit. NYC’s MTA is middle to low quality/price compared to other North American cities. I won’t even compare against Europe, because theirs are so much better overall than ours.

      For North America, NYC needs to up their game compared to the DC metro, Chicago’s L, or Seattle’s Link. San Diego an Toronto are also both nice, but not nearly as much coverage of the metro areas. Boston also gets high marks even though their system and rolling stock looks absolutely ancient. Philly’s Septa is about on par with NYC’s MTA in my opinion, but the cost of MTA is one of the higher priced services for what you get. Chicago CTA’s $5 full day pass Ventra card is the best value I’ve seen in the country.

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        Seattle has very limited places you can get to on it. SeaTac to downtown is great but neighborhood connections are all via bus. We are working on it and hopefully by the time my kids are adults they can actually get around the city using it.

        Solidarity to drivers though, fuck rideshare companies.

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          Seattle has very limited places you can get to on it. SeaTac to downtown is great but neighborhood connections are all via bus.

          You’re burying the lede on one of Seattle’s coolest things about Seattle’s buses and Link trains. Your Trolley busses!

          Seattle does something I haven’t really seen elsewhere for their light rail. The trains are powered by overhead electrical catenary wires, and the rails in stations and many tunnels are level to the ground.

          So some of the tunnels under the city are just level paved which means the Trolley buses can use the same tunnels as the Train! It was surreal to be on the bus with the diesel engine running through city streets, then the bus took a ramp down to the “train tracks”, hooked up to the catenary overhead, diesel engine stops and electric motor purrs to life, then you’re driving in the same tunnel under the city that the Link train does at other times.

          Seattle also has a completely separate light rail transport in its Monorail!

          I didn’t even mention the S.L.U.T!

          Seattle public transport gets high marks from me for usability and value.

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          DC metro stops also hold record for the longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere as well as 6 of the top 10 spots of longest escalator in the USA.

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        Fun fact: MARTA and the DC metro use the same rolling stock because they were built at about the same time.

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      I had an easy time figuring out San Diego’s public transportation system because I’m from there. Also it runs really well.