>>1293780>If depth allows better track and station alignment, to cut across existing streets and blocks.Ironically, in the case of Barcelona's L9 it has allowed for a much more absurd alignment with twists and turns to add many more stations than are actually necessary. While the older lines built with more traditional methods and largely following street patterns have straighter, more effective alignments.
Check out pic related, if that's not the most retarded subway alignment ever, I don't know what is.
>As metro gets more specialized, market segmentation / modal split with buses and trams will be more harmonized. They will complement each other better. Not if your metro is poorly designed with lots of stops that are very closeby, with the intention of precisely making other complementary transports redundant.
>Elevator exits are widely used for deep stations. Correct, which means a lot more costs for maintenance, and also hygiene issues. Usually Metro stations have three elevators: One from the surface to the vestibule, and two from the vestibule to either platform. The average L9 station has
>1 from street to vestibule>1 or 2 between platforms>5-8 vestibule to platformsSome L9/L10 stations have over TEN elevators for just one station.
>>1293755>Cut and cover is the cheapest and most practical method. Change my mind.Seconding this. The only major inconvenience is in construction, and that's a one time thing for decades or even centuries of subway service.
