[PRCo] Re: San Francisco Muni Strives to Recapture Streetcar Speeds of 1912 - NYTimes.com

[Joshua Dunfield]

It's similar in Warsaw (buses and trams) and Tallinn (buses,
trolleybuses and trams), though the signage in Tallinn didn't seem
that great.  Germany tends to have long stop spacing, too, though
probably not as long as Warsaw, at least in the smaller cities
(100-200K) I'm most familiar with.  The other big advantage Europe has
over most US systems is proof-of-payment, so you don't have a long
queue when boarding.

-j.

On 2 April 2012 14:56, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:
> when i went to Prague I was struck by instead of a stop on every
> corner, they were a few blocks apart, well-signed, and invariably with
> a shelter.
> Fewer stops definitely made for a faster ride tho the streets in the
> areas where I was were not crammed with cars, either.
>
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Dennis F Cramer <trombone at windstream.net> wrote:
>> It is not just the Port Authority that has the slows----
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/us/san-francisco-muni-strives-to-recapture-streetcar-speeds-of-1912.html?_r=1
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>> DF Cramer
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> Derrick
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