Originally Posted by noisebeam
My friend from manhattan claims its faster to get around by subway (that is his excuse not to cycle commute) I believe they are wrong, but who am I to argue with them as I don't live there.
Al
It depends on how fast you go and if you catch a train. Technically yes, if you get into the station and catch a train immediately, you're faster by subway. But that's just going up and down in manhattan. In most cases, it's pretty much tied.
If I take the subway into queens from brooklyn, my train routes into manhattan first then I transfer to a train traveling to queens from there. I can cut straight across brooklyn and get there by bike.