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|    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.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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