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The subway is like a prison (hexbear.net)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I would always roll my eyes at the plane-vs-HSR comparisons when they would include TSA time in the overall plane time only. Of course they're going to have tedious and invasive security theater before you can get on an american high-speed train. MTA's proving that they don't need new technologies or a significant attack as an impetus; they're making the existing train worse because fuck you for not driving.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Interestingly many of China's HSR train stations are in the city outskirts and have security theater but still managed to cut out a lot of domestic aviation's market.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

At least the security theater was quick when I was there. They did it in some of the subways too