Oh, New York. Sometimes I hella miss you.
Kramer: All right, Coney Island. Ok, you can take the B or the F and switch
for the N at Broadway Lafayette, or you can go over the bridge to DeKalb
and catch the Q to Atlantic Avenue, then switch to the IRT 2, 3, 4 or 5,
but don’t get on the G. See that’s very tempting, but you wind up on Smith
and 9th street, then you got to get on the R.
Elaine: Couldn’t he just take the D straight to Coney Island?
Kramer: Well, yeah…(via The Subway)
I don’t like the NYC subway line names. And they don’t even seem to be colour coded? Letters and numbers might seem simple, but colour code that shit up a bit and it’s a billion times easier to read, remember and ride on. Is it easier to remember between G, 6 and 9 or red, brown or blue? Granted, it would be easier if those lines were called red, brown or blue instead of Central, Bakerloo or Piccadilly, but those names generally correspond to the location and destinations of those lines. Bakerloo goes between Baker Street and Waterloo, for instance.
In conclusion, in my opinion as a few times rider of the NYC Subway, the Paris Metro and the BART, and long time rider of London’s tube system, London’s mapping, naming and signage is superior to all other underground city transport systems.
