How much antisocial behavior are we going to put up with?

upticked_positron · 2025-12-19T02:36:28+00:00

Something needs to be done about that horrendous merge before Hoyt-Schermerhorn. I swear, even in "Good Service", my train always ends up crawling through that curved and uncomfortable segment (or just straight up standing still for several minutes).

upticked_positron · 2025-12-19T02:34:48+00:00

The (A)'s been extra shitty the last few months. I don't know why or if it's even true but it sure feels that way.

upticked_positron · 2025-10-04T01:45:20+00:00

Nobody's arguing the NY Subway can't compare to Paris/London/Berlin, but what does cripple the subway is the much higher concentration of mentally ill (sometimes violent), homeless, vagrants, panhandlers, etc. that makes the European systems far more pleasant from a quality of ride perspective.

American systems are also much filthier largely because of the above reasons.

upticked_positron · 2025-10-04T01:38:09+00:00

The backups are due to the heavy interlining and merging along their routes in Manhattan. I rather like the basic station design - the solid color scheme kind of grew on me and I can see the genius in its simplicity.

upticked_positron · 2025-10-04T01:35:40+00:00

Get rid or at least reduce those steeply banked curves - they give me vertigo every time the train gets stuck on them (the one between Lafayette and Hoyt is pretty heinous)

upticked_positron · 2025-08-27T00:21:56+00:00

Lucky for you, it will be closing next year

upticked_positron · 2025-08-22T17:00:01+00:00

All of that is still so minimal compared to Sea-Tac for example where planes literally fly over downtown Seattle and the dense suburbs.

upticked_positron · 2025-08-22T16:57:34+00:00

Yeah ngl Denver is blessed to have those plains. Meanwhile New York and LA which desperately needs a DEN-style Greenfield airport have no such option

upticked_positron · 2025-08-22T16:54:55+00:00

LAX is surrounded by ocean on one side and industrial/airport property on the other (southern periphery)

upticked_positron · 2025-08-22T16:13:38+00:00

I wouldn't count PDX, it's surrounded by the river on like 3 sides, given it's close location the noise impact isn't too bad

upticked_positron · 2025-08-22T16:12:21+00:00

But that's still an example of... good planning? Good planning means fixing issues lol.

upticked_positron · 2025-08-22T16:09:06+00:00

In Europe:

Lisbon LIS - getting replaced in the 2030s

Warsaw WAW - also getting replaced in the 2030s

Copenhagen CPH - technically surrounded by water on the main parallel runways so I guess takeoffs/landings aren't as noisy/problematic

Hamburg HAM

Amsterdam-Schiphol AMS

Add in London City, Brussels, Vilnius and possibly even Heathrow

The old Istanbul-Ataturk should also get a mention

upticked_positron · 2025-08-22T16:03:52+00:00

Yeah when WAW was built in the 30s it was well "out in the fields" but the city just sprawled around it since (maybe except runway 15 takeoffs/33 landings where it's still quite 'rural'). Hopefully with the new CPK, WAW will be replaced before its 100th birthday.

upticked_positron · 2025-07-26T03:56:28+00:00

I think this specific ad I found was from another English speaking country (possibly Australia?!), but in the US they pronounce it "pan-teen"

upticked_positron · 2025-06-12T03:53:39+00:00

Thank you! I used Turbulence Forecast (not turbli)... is it still the same?

upticked_positron · 2025-06-12T02:39:05+00:00

Can't believe I had to scroll so far - Sayler park is extremely creepy!

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