Re: "The Metro is no subway" (was Re: Malls at subway stations (Pentagon

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From: Dharm Guruswamy
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 1996 00:00

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Access Systems (accessys@smarty.smart.net) wrote:

: actually it is even a larger job than that,  in the USA 1 out of every 

Actually it's more like 1 out of every four or five riders.

: two transit fares on any given day is deposited into a farebox in the New 
: York Metro area.  The transit system (not the city) is larger than 
: Tokyo.  More people ride on the NYC subway in one day than on AMTRAK all 

Actually the Tokyo Rail system is the largest in the world bar NONE.  The
commuter rail system in Tokyo moves more people than any subway system in
the world.  The Tokyo subway system (heavy rail) also moves more people
than in NYC.  FYI.. Moscow has the highest daily ridership of any heavy
rail system in the world.



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From: gt6874b@acmey.gatech.edu (Dharm Guruswamy)
Subject: Re: "The Metro is no subway" (was Re: Malls at subway stations (Pentagon
Date: 1996/07/01
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