Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "How Tokyo's Subway Keeps On-time, Clean, and Safe" video.

  1. In my hometown, no metro or train, buses are always late and packed, and the solution they came up with for rainy days because of the horrible conservation state of buses and poor state of streets was just throwing sawdust on the floor to keep it less wet and slippery, no joke. You get into the bus, it's like getting into a pig pen of something. On the city I currently live in, which is the capital of the same state as my hometown, the bus system is supposed to be one of the best in the country... yet it still pales in comparison to buses in Tokyo or Japan in general. They are still packed, dirty, and like a rollercoaster ride because of the sad state of streets. But I guess they are considered a model here because of numbers, articulated buses, plus bus terminals that have enclosed spaces to protect from rain, though it's not all of them. Oh, we also have dedicated exclusive lanes for buses and emergency services only, which probably also counts, but is a constant source of accidents. We also have ancient trains that are mostly used for cargo and sporadic touristic runs, and a plan for commuter metro that at this point must be like 50yrs old, and probably had 3 or 4 sitting presidents "inaugurating" the start of implementation. Pretty much a running joke at this point, it'll never happen. Corruption and public funds mismanagement, plus a lack of competency and administration capability pretty much guarantees that commuter metro in my city will never happen. We didn't take buses much during our 2018 trip to Japan, but the few times we did, they felt more like expensive private buses that we do have around here. From Narita station to Aeon Mall, and from Shisui to the Premium Outlet there. Thanks Greg, another great video!
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