I noticed something weird about rail transit in #Berlin.
I almost always found a seat on the U- + S-Bahn. Trains often run under capacity.
As one scholar put it, the system is "massively overpotent."
My notes on being a straphanger in this transit metropolis:
https://www.highspeed.blog/straphangers-in-berlin/
Taras Grescoe 🚇
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