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   Message 1,846 of 3,014   
   Peter T. Daniels to John Levine   
   Re: Record set on full system subway rid   
   03 Sep 16 05:42:09   
   
   From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 12:02:56 AM UTC-4, John Levine wrote:   
      
   > >> Also, he did not do it on one fare.  The video shows him jogging   
   > >> through the Bronx, presumably from the end of one line to another.   
   > >I thought one of the requirements was to do it all on a single fare???   
   >   
   > Depends whose rules.  Guiness does not require a single fare, probably   
   > because the London challenge doesn't either.  (I don't think you can   
   > do London in one fare.)   
      
   How sad. Which lines are disconnected from which? Does the new all-night   
   service on weekends on one or two lines change that? (Maybe it's just   
   a matter of time that keeps them from doing it all in 18 hours or so.)   
      
   > The Rapid Transit Challenge requires a single fare, and has three   
   > kinds of rides depending on whether you stop at all stations or just   
   > pass through them, and whether you have to cover all lines:   
   >   
   > http://www.rapidtransitchallenge.com/rules.htm   
      
   Does that last mean you'd have to be on all of an A, B, C, and D through   
   59th St.? That doesn't seem right.   
      
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