[Archivist]

khristopher - I don't actually believe the level of transit use has anything to do with how pretty the stations are. Tokyo's stations are every bit as lacklustre, if not more, than ours, but they are heavily used. Even Paris's stations are for the most part banal, and frequently filthy with guck oozing from the tiles everywhere, and huge long connections. Yet people use the subway in Paris.

LA's metro has stunning stations and entrances. Nuff said on that front I guess.

It has to do with the density the of the city, the extensiveness and reliability of the networks, the kinds of accommodation made for cars in the city, etc.

 

[rpgr]

Are you suggesting we jail kids for years for graffiti? What a tastless comment - especially so soon after thousands of jerry-built schools collapsed and no one held responsible for it. Yes, if you are the wrong person in China you will be severely punished, quite probably losing one of your kidneys in jail, for crimes that you cannot bribe your way out of.

By the way, Toronto's graffiti is nothing compared to most cities. Try getting out a bit before making these comments.

You know nothing about the culture in China which I was making the comment on. There is a general saying about how Chinese view their own products.

Everything can be made in China but it's best to buy Japanese...

I suggest you go out more or at least understand where I'm coming from before shooting your mouth with some socialist crap that has nothing to do with the comment.

 

[interchange42]

rpgr - you won't meet many people better traveled than Archivist, who I also consider to be a very astute observer of social custom, so I wouldn't say he's "shooting his mouth off", he's just disagreeing with you. It's a discussion around these here parts.

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[AlvinofDiaspar]

I just love these arguments when the word "socialist" is thrown around as an insult, like being a "liberal" in the US.

Just out of curosity, rpgr, what do you know about the Chinese culture?

AoD

 

[officedweller]

These cars are the airport express trains - they are linear induction Bombardier MKIIs made in China.
The other subway cars are from a different supplier.

More pics and articles on the airport express here (check both pages of the thread):
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=524049

 

[Archivist]

rpgr, let me show you what you wrote: I'm sure if they kids get caught in China they'd go to prison for a very very long time unlike here where'd they'd just get a slap on the wrist if even that. Re-reading this statement, it's very hard to understand it as anything but an endorsement of jail time for grafitti, with which I disagree. Your last comment is equally incomprehensible. If you want to contribute to a forum such as this, then write clearly and perhaps re-read what you've said, or at least develop a thicker skin if people disagree with you.

 

[adma]

The Bloor-Danforth line looks "socialist". After all, them Robarts Tories were probably further to the left than Jack Layton is today

 

[Hipster Duck]

Thanks for the photos.

One of the grand infrastructure projects that has been overlooked is the completion of the city's South Railway station, a high speed rail hub:

In general, the enormous expansion of the Chinese rail network has been largely ignored by the Western media which has instead focused on the growth of private automobile ownership and urban sprawl. Their list of high speed rail projects is astounding, to say the least!

 

[Towered]

In general, the enormous expansion of the Chinese rail network has been largely ignored by the Western media which has instead focused on the growth of private automobile ownership and urban sprawl.

Well our North American media certainly doesn't want such a crazy idea to take hold here. No sir - only commies and socialist scum ride trains!