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199 points HeavenFox | 1 comments | | HN request time: 0.205s | source

Hello HN!

As a long term NYC resident, I have read countless articles on ideas tweaking subway services, but always found them hard to follow without visual aid. So over the long weekend I decided to build one. It has all the basic features: trains would spawn at their origin, stop at stations, and slow down if it gets too close to another. You can also design custom routes by piecing tracks together.

Have fun, and let me know what you think!

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shiroiuma ◴[] No.44497479[source]
What's the point of designing custom routes, except I guess for fun? NYC is never going to build any new routes.
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1. HeavenFox ◴[] No.44497503[source]
That is actually the idea. In this simulator, you design services that run on existing tracks. NYC subway is unique in the world in that there are a ton of interlining as well as quadruple tracks, so there are plenty of opportunity to improve system efficiency without building anything new.