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Occasional Train Blogging: Double-Deck Train | 52 comments (52 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

I'd just curl up and die if my subway closed down for a year. Even the part of my subway line that ran under Ground Zero wasn't closed for that long -- but you still hear New Yorkers shreiing about how awful that service disruption was. No question, you Chicagoans are a lot tougher than us wimpy Gothamites.

by Matt in NYC on Thu Nov 16th, 2006 at 05:25:41 PM EST
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Re: What a nightmare (none / 0)

This year and the last in Budapest, the busiest subway line is upgraded. This means partial closures in the summer and some off-summer weekends, which indeed does turn traffic on its head. However, they maneged it rather well lately: they reserved one lane for buses on the main road above, and ran articulated buses in pairs and in permanent succession (say one pair per minute in rush hour).

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu Nov 16th, 2006 at 06:25:07 PM EST
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Re: What a nightmare (4.00 / 3)

It's about 5 blocks to the nearest station (they close every other one). I am really dreading it. Uhg. In the winter, of all times...

But they've never been made handicapped accessible, and there is currently not enouch room on the platforms for riders. So it has to be done...

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire

by p------- on Fri Nov 17th, 2006 at 08:25:57 AM EST
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Re: What a nightmare (none / 0)

What's that in walking time?

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Nov 17th, 2006 at 08:30:07 AM EST
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Re: What a nightmare (4.00 / 2)

LOL. 5-10 minutes? Don't get me wrong; I do a LOT of walking. (I don't have a car.) But the added walking time plus the inevitably slower service due to the construction along the route means I have to wake up earlier. :(

This is why I'm thinking of taking the commuter train, which is also about a 10 min walk and is much more expensive, but will cut my communting time.

Still, walking 10 minutes anywhere in a Chicago winter is ... character building.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire

by p------- on Fri Nov 17th, 2006 at 08:41:07 AM EST
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Re: What a nightmare (none / 1)

I have to wake up earlier.

That's never good.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Nov 17th, 2006 at 08:45:46 AM EST
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Re: What a nightmare (none / 0)

walking 10 minutes anywhere in a Chicago winter is ... character building.

The cold, the wind, or both? (10 minutes is my current walk time to the station.)

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Nov 17th, 2006 at 01:18:21 PM EST
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Re: What a nightmare (none / 0)

The cold and the wind combined. They call it windchill.

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. -- Euripides

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Nov 17th, 2006 at 01:30:17 PM EST
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Re: What a nightmare (4.00 / 5)

There is also the small matter of snow.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire

by p------- on Fri Nov 17th, 2006 at 01:56:10 PM EST
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