Jul 04 2011 10:20 pm
Posted by taimoor.shahid under July 5 Assignment
NYC vs Chicago
NYC has most modern subway system. In 1904, first subway was built on a route from city hall to Bronx. After that number of extensions occurred in following years. From 1913 onwards, city signed contracts with private companies for the growth of subway lines. In1940 city got independent subway system after acquiring BRT and IRT(private companies). It was the latest and most innovative subway development of that time. Chicago “L” subway system is the second longest rapid transit system in total track mileage in United States. After 1911 the Chicago line came under the control of president of Chicago Edison electric utility. He knew that trains were the city largest consumer of electricity. He improved the whole system including free transfers and through routings. He also bought three other Chicago electric railroads and ran them via “L” tracks. 
2 Responses to “NYC vs Chicago”
Omar Abdel Salam on 06 Jul 2011 at 12:29 am #
I agree with this post the NYC subway system is one of the most complex and technologically advanced subway system in the 1920s and still today. In comparison to the system in Chicago the similarities is that both cities have a subway system, but the subway system in Chicago in the 1920s and until today comes no where close to the technological advancement of the NYC subway system. During the 1920s the NYC subway system had much more lines and many more stops than the Chicago subway. Chicago did not do as much as New York to connect the city it did not have subway lines that ran over bridges to connect boroughs. While the NYC subway system continued to advance the Chicago system did not as much.
Magdalena on 07 Jul 2011 at 7:21 am #
I agree with above comments. NYC subway system is more technologically advanced because most of the lines are underground whereas Chicago’s metro has most of its stations elevated (that’s why it is called “el” subway.)