Transportation planner Dan Malouff shares eight insights into what makes the Paris Metro one of the world's great subways.
Dan Malouff gives us a list of characteristics that make the Paris Metro system efficient, non-frustrating, and even beautiful. American transit planners should certainly take some of these fixes into consideration. They include:
- Lockable door controls for passengers, reducing entry and exit times (versus requiring conductors to control all door operations)
- Full-platform seating (why not?)
- Flip-up seats, adding capacity during rush hours
- Open gangways allowing movement between cars
- Elevated tracks that actually look good
- Sign design that aspires beyond the merely utilitarian
- Location-specific maps (aiding travelers to stadiums, airports, etc.)
FULL STORY: 8 lessons about great transit I learned riding the Paris Métro
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