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Subway systems mirror Slime Mold
Posted by beaulieu on Sunday, May 27, 2012 1:36 PM

Without further comment my I present this BBC Story.

 

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Posted by henry6 on Sunday, May 27, 2012 3:14 PM

It is just like they all had the same idea of what their purpose was, how it could be done, how it could be marketed, what were the needs of the people and the needs of businesses.  All the same reasons are why there aren't subways in the Sahara or Antartica. If there were many, many variables and differences, then I would be suspicious.  How many billions of Pounds, Euro Dollars, and US dollars were wasted on this study?

 

 

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Posted by Phoebe Vet on Sunday, May 27, 2012 4:00 PM

My bet would be that subway systems and their stations were constructed along the routes that people were already commuting.  Form follows function.

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Posted by henry6 on Sunday, May 27, 2012 5:51 PM

Phoebe Vet

My bet would be that subway systems and their stations were constructed along the routes that people were already commuting.  Form follows function.

 

Yes...but there were big gambles by building out to the "suburbs" before people got there, too.  The NYC line to Astoria or out to Flushing are examples of building to direct people to places to live.

 

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Posted by bedell on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 11:47 AM

Henry,  You expressed my reaction exactly:  How many billions of Pounds, Euro Dollars, and US dollars were wasted on this study?

No wonder the UK is in financial trouble if they are paying people to do studies like this.

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Posted by NittanyLion on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 9:28 PM

A study like this would probably only run into the tens of thousands of dollars.

Going and reading the abstract, this is actually way more interesting and useful for future transit planning (which is why they spent the money) than you guys are giving it credit for.

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