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  • By annual ridership, the New York City Subway is the busiest rapid transit system in both the Western Hemisphere and the Western world, as well as the eleventh-busiest rapid transit rail system in the world.[18] The subway carried 1,793,073,000 riders in 2022.[6]: 2 [note 5] On October 29, 2015, more than 6.2 million people rode the subway system, establishing the highest single-day ridership since ridership was regularly monitored in 1985.[20]

    The system is also one of the world’s longest. Overall, the system contains 248 miles (399 km) of routes,[10] translating into 665 miles (1,070 km) of revenue track[10] and a total of 850 miles (1,370 km) including non-revenue trackage.[11] Of the system’s 28 routes or “services” (which usually share track or “lines” with other services), 25 pass through Manhattan, the exceptions being the G train, the Franklin Avenue Shuttle, and the Rockaway Park Shuttle.

    The NYC system was built a century ago and operates at an astonishing level considering its for one city and is so relatively inexpensive.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway#:~:text=By annual ridership%2C the New,carried 1%2C793%2C073%2C000 riders in 2022.





  • Veedem@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlNews nowadays adies and gentlemen
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    1 year ago

    Seems like the discourse has broken down to picking sides.

    Hamas is a terrorist organization and does nothing to help the Palestinian people. Israel is indiscriminately leveling a city with absolutely zero regard for innocent lives.

    Maybe this situation is full of nuance and grey areas that a single tweet or article or comic can’t fully encapsulate.








  • Veedem@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlYou did it Mary!
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    1 year ago

    Because executive pay is largely given in shares, so it incentivizes the leadership to invest funds in buy backs to inflate the price of the very shares they own instead of investing that money into employee pay or other company centric initiatives.





  • Veedem@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlMom, did you see my cat?
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    1 year ago

    It’s still not a good idea given their status as an invasive species that breeds wildly and kills local wildlife with almost reckless abandon. I’m not saying no one should have a cat, but their introduction to an environment impacts it greatly and mostly negatively.