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But you've seen the one in Bmore and know it exists too... Marta trains look like DC's. I'm not following your logic on being iconic/recognizable per the thread topic vs. just knowing a system exists. I know Seattle has a system but wouldn't say it belongs in this conversation.
MARTA is more well known and used than BMore Link/metro.
Baltimore Transit is a mediocre hodgepodge of patronage agencies that no one can name.
I’m seeing mentions of Dallas LA Amtrak New Orleans and the Disney monorail ...
Am I in an alternate universe?
All up and day on these board we y’all about how only 5/6 cities in America have good transit
NYC Chicago DC Boston Philly and barely SF. All day long, all year long on these boards. As igniting.
Then we get to this thread and we get these left field answers. Beyond confused right now.
You're confusing threads that discuss size of systems, ridersships, efficiency etc... this thread is about being iconic and recognizable which is why the SF trolley system is being brought up vs. the Bart system.
I live in Baltimore and have ridden the one subway line once-just out f curiosity. It’s a carbon copy of DC and barely used.
Dallas has a transit system??? (Seriously)
LA just built a few subway lines right? Never seen em, or heard of anyone riding em...yet.
Meanwhile I’ve seen shots of the MARTA and I know it exists
Perhaps you haven't seen them yet, but LA metro trains are in quite a few movies, television shows and tons of commercials. There's a big scene in the Italian job remake where they blow up Hollywood Blvd and go into the subway. Then they mostly show the light rail though. There's the big chase scene in Collateral where Tom Cruise has to decide if Jamie Foxx got on the light rail (upstairs) or subway (downstairs).
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I'ma be real with ya'll. The Marta in Atlanta is more recognizable than Seattle's monorail. I'd definitely say Marta is more known. Not sure why Seattle is being brought up here.
But you've seen the one in Bmore and know it exists too... Marta trains look like DC's. I'm not following your logic on being iconic/recognizable per the thread topic vs. just knowing a system exists. I know Seattle has a system but wouldn't say it belongs in this conversation.
DC has new train cars with stainless steel making up more than half the fleet now. DC will have completely retired the older train cars with brown on them in a couple years. This is why train cars will never be something that can be iconic, they run their course and are replaced at the end of their life-cycle which I mentioned earlier. Only station architecture can be iconic.
DC has new train cars with stainless steel making up more than half the fleet now. DC will have completely retired the older train cars with brown on them in a couple years. This is why train cars will never be something that can be iconic, they run their course and are replaced at the end of their life-cycle which I mentioned earlier.
DC has new train cars with stainless steel making up more than half the fleet now. DC will have completely retired the older train cars with brown on them in a couple years. This is why train cars will never be something that can be iconic, they run their course and are replaced at the end of their life-cycle which I mentioned earlier.
I've seen the new cars shown before on CD. I said it then, and I really don't want to sound rude, but for my taste they look very old school, when compared to other metro systems in the world.
I'ma be real with ya'll. The Marta in Atlanta is more recognizable than Seattle's monorail. I'd definitely say Marta is more known. Not sure why Seattle is being brought up here.
I brought up Seattle to say that the mere existence of a system doesn't make it iconic or instantly recognizable which is why I thought it was weird bringing up Marta. It's there but iconic and distinct enough? I doubt it.
I've seen the new cars shown before on CD. I said it then, and I really don't want to sound rude, but for my taste they look very old school, when compared to other metro systems in the world.
Well, maybe you will like the 8000 series. This is what the other half of the system is being replaced with right now.
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