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vgr-land | 4 months ago

Well, I recognize this is a joke. I would enjoy having a simulation where you inherit and hold poorly maintained subway system like the Boston MBTA and have to bring it back to health with all the challenges these systems face

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mauvehaus|4 months ago

Isn't the principal problem with the MBTA that it's been underfunded for decades and has a maintenance backlog of about a gazillion dollars? I realize it's getting better on the rolling stock front, but it sounds like the track is still a challenge despite some real efforts to address some of the problems.

I do kind of miss riding it though. For the last couple years I was living there, I got to ride the Ashmont-Mattapan trolleys as part of my commute. That was a treat. One of the last weeks before we moved to Vermont, my wife rode down to Ashmont with me and rode the trolley to Mattapan, then back to Ashmont to take the Red Line back to her office.

cwmma|4 months ago

Under Eng it has apparently turned around in the last year or so.

xp84|4 months ago

You can already play that game, just put a static picture of the system map on your screen, then click all over the place and watch nothing improve

wyre|4 months ago

This makes me realize simulations like this will be possible with AI at some point, and could be an interesting way for a city to hire employees