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Re:Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coron... by dvcrn on Sunday April 26, 2020 @05:34AM (#22985853)
Living in Tokyo as well and yeah, the subway is a nightmare. It's GOOD, gets you everywhere pretty fast but for daily morning commuting - nah. Taking an overcrowded train every day squeezed into heaps of people that all don't want to be there gets very depressing with enough repetition cycles. A good reminder of how insignificant everything is. I am glad I have flex time and can avoid peak-time trains.

But Tokyo is also very bicycle-friendly with not many aggressive drivers (ignoring taxis), so that's my pick to get around.

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Re:Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coron... by lovemenot on Sunday April 26, 2020 @06:14AM (#22986033)
Even before this corona-virus, Tokyo Metro had been providing small incentives to get people to commute before or after the crush hours. I imagine such attempts will be magnified in future.

I use this system every day and for me, it's not just good, it's fantastic. The number of routes, frequency and reliability of service is unsurpassed in any city. Notorious crushing may stick in the mind, but moving around the entire city at any time of day...

That visceral image of over-crowding is real but not really representative. From now we'll all need to do more efficient sharding of work schedules and locations.

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Re:Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coron... by bsaul on Sunday April 26, 2020 @06:56AM (#22986212)
Tokyo is the opposite of what i would call bicycle friendly. People there are probably much more careful than in other cities, but i was amazed at the lack of infrastructure for bikes when i visited the city a few months ago.

Bikes are either merged with car traffic, or simply go on the sidewalk, but i haven’t seen a single bicycle lane..

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Re:Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coron... by TulliusCicero on Sunday April 26, 2020 @07:47AM (#22986438)
It's more bike friendly than virtually every US city by virtue of being dense and (probably?) careful drivers. And that it's acceptable to bike on the sidewalk.
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