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SingleRide: Longest route on NYC Subway without visiting the same station twice

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Re: SingleRide: Longest route on NYC Subway without visiting the same station twice

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Post by master_crab »

o10449366 wrote: post #2

The longest route on the NYC subway is precisely when you have an appointment and the train decides to stop because there's electrical issues, someone jumped on the track, "there's a train stopped ahead of us", the express decides to go local instead, someone is holding the door, your route involves the F/G or any line that serves less affluent neighborhoods...

Are you saying F/G AND any line serving less affluent areas? Because if not, the G (save for maybe 2-3 stops in Bed-Stuy) is all affluent neighborhoods.

Re: SingleRide: Longest route on NYC Subway without visiting the same station twice

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Post by bonyt »

Some folk on YouTube played a game like this (Snake) in real life with the South Korean rail network. It's Jet Lag: The Game - a great show, most seasons are different games. I think the one where they played Snake is one of their more complex seasons - they also play Hide and Seek and Tag across continents, and games like that.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB7ZcpBcwdC4ZwbTbCqIC...

Re: SingleRide: Longest route on NYC Subway without visiting the same station twice

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Post by soderfoo »

RhysU wrote: post #12

Fun. Needs sound effects, in particular someone muttering "Hoyt–Schermerhorn next" over a crackling intercom.

Don't forget the wheel squeal... is there a transmission protocol for conveying the cornucopia of odors?

Re: SingleRide: Longest route on NYC Subway without visiting the same station twice

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Post by cainxinth »

soderfoo wrote: post #15
RhysU wrote: post #12

Fun. Needs sound effects, in particular someone muttering "Hoyt–Schermerhorn next" over a crackling intercom.

Don't forget the wheel squeal... is there a transmission protocol for conveying the cornucopia of odors?

Also needs the occasional mariachi music and someone yelling “It’s showtime!”

Re: SingleRide: Longest route on NYC Subway without visiting the same station twice

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Post by nottorp »

4ndrewl wrote: post #5

Is this like the travelling salesman problem, but looking for the longest, not shortest journey?

Hmm fun study topic: which major algorithms stay the same when you "invert" their goal, and which don't?

Where invert can mean at the least: switch max/min or gt/lt, but also for find the subset, find what's not in the subset. At the least.

Re: SingleRide: Longest route on NYC Subway without visiting the same station twice

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Post by saalweachter »

master_crab wrote: post #11
o10449366 wrote: post #2

The longest route on the NYC subway is precisely when you have an appointment and the train decides to stop because there's electrical issues, someone jumped on the track, "there's a train stopped ahead of us", the express decides to go local instead, someone is holding the door, your route involves the F/G or any line that serves less affluent neighborhoods...

Are you saying F/G AND any line serving less affluent areas? Because if not, the G (save for maybe 2-3 stops in Bed-Stuy) is all affluent neighborhoods.

Pfft, there's no G train, it's just a psych experiment to see how long people will wait at a fake train station before giving up and seeking alternative transportation.

Re: SingleRide: Longest route on NYC Subway without visiting the same station twice

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Post by zimpenfish »

Now I'm wondering what the longest Underground trip is without visiting a given line more than once. Probably needs a rule about the District and Circle lines where they overlap since you could get a lot of mileage out of that.

(I calculated the shortest one that includes all lines back in the early 2000s but they've obviously changed things around since then.)

Re: SingleRide: Longest route on NYC Subway without visiting the same station twice

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Post by nycerrrrrrrrrr »

macintux wrote: post #14

I'm curious what someone who actually knows NYC could do. 74 stations, 41.42 miles, 3:23, 4 boroughs, $3.00 fare Starting from Pelham Bay Park on the 6

Definitely don't know the system like some people do, but: 102 stations, 60.09 miles, 4:19, 4 boroughs, $3.00 fare: 6 > M > 7 > D > Q > S > C > A.

Fun game :)

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