[lbo-talk] Peak Oil or Oil Bubble?

joanna bujes jbujes at covad.net
Fri Apr 15 13:25:41 PDT 2005


I can vouch for public transit in Prague. Unfuckingbelievably good.

Joanna

Chris Doss wrote:


>>Late at night, yes. During the day, the typical wait
>>is 3-7 minutes.
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>>Doug
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>Sorry, but that's not very impressive:
>
>Country City Year Opened Maximum Service
>Frequency
>
>Armenia Erevan 1981 3 min 30 sec
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>Azerbaijan Baku 1967 2 min
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>Belarus Minsk 1984 3 min
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>Bulgaria Sofia 1998 no report
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>Czech Republic Prague 1974 1 min 50 sec
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>Georgia Tbilisi 1965 2 min 30 sec
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>Hungary Budapest 1970 2-3 min
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>Poland Warszawa 1995 4 min
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>Russia Moscow 1935 1 min 30 sec
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> Nizhny Novgorod 1985 2 min
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> Novosibirsk 1985 3-5 min
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> St. Petersburg 1955 1 min 35 sec
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> Samara 1987 no report
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>Ukraine
> Dnipropetrovsk 1995 no report
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> Kharkiv 1984 2 min 30 sec
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> Kyiv 1960 1 min 35 sec
>
>Uzbekistan
>
> Tashkent 1977 2 min
>
>(Budapest also has a small-profile underground line
>opened in 1897.)
>
>It would appear that 90 seconds is the designed
>"practical" maximum service frequency.
>
>http://www.carquinezassociates.com/ptlibrary/moscowmetro2.htm
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