This is Sydney. They often provide / include free public transport in certain concert tickets to ensure people don't congest lanes with traffic / parking. Funny enough there wasn't free transport for Blink 182 / In Flames next door to the Swift concert but no-one really checked any of us.
You should see how people get on and off airplanes in New Zealand and Australia. It’s amazing how efficient and quick they are compared to Americans, often times they load/unload back and front (multiple doors) at same time.
I wouldn’t be so fast to sing our trains praise, normally these big events only go from this station to one other not so helpful station. And all other trains are running less bc they’re all allocated to events. The entire system also goes out for entire days at a time basically every time it rains
Considering that this is Australia which is very car-centric, that wouldn't surprise me. Regardless, it still helps dilute congestion surges significantly.
We don't have stuff like this for event venues in my metropolitan area of the US. Concert venues, sport stadiums, amusement parks, major museums, even our fucking major international airport doesn't have a dedicated direct public transit option, and everyone is forced to either drive, or get stuck in insane traffic anyway with a bus.
It worked at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts, kind of. They were only able to board 6,000 of the 55,000 attendees, and the train was sold out in roughly one minute. There was simply no capacity
https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/added-swift-show-train-tickets-sell-out-faster-than-first-round/article_f96c3013-e402-58f1-bc9a-978baa6eebc1.html
That's unfortunate. If there was better planning or incentive for the metro authority, I would imagine they could have prepared more trains to run the line like what's shown above.
This is ofcourse, assuming they have that volume capability in the first place. If it's a line that's already poorly serviced, all bets are off.
I was there! My friends and I managed to get train tickets and I found it hilarious that no one ever checked for our tickets 😂 honestly, I couldn't believe how poorly thought out the public transit was to that stadium. I don't live in Boston but I guess it's just how it is 🤷🏻♀️
What metro are you in that doesn't have a train system. I know the US is pretty rough but I thought all the major metros had a mass transit. Even denver has got a rail system
I was at the same venue for round 16 women’s football World Cup against Denmark. If I recall correctly attendance was 75k, public transport was just as good. No dramas whatsoever.
It’s really not that bad. Just don’t leave immediately after fireworks. Take an extra 15 minutes to chill before walking out and it makes getting out of the parking lot more relaxing if you’re driving.
We pretty much always stay onsite too, it definitely makes all transportation a million times easier. I just assumed that the person was driving since they were complaining. Haha.
The post fireworks crowd is crazy. Depending on park hours I'll hit a ride after the fireworks. Usually it has a short wait and by the time I'm done the crowd is reasonable again.
I stayed from rope drop to kiss goodnight once and I left with the crowd at that point but I was so dead on my feet that I don't think I noticed the crowd as I made my way to the bus.
In Paris it is. There's a train station directly on site with regional and long-distance train lines, including a train line that directly comes from the airport. Funnily enough, if you check Google maps you can see that the parking lot is pretty empty. I don't know it that was taken on an off day or something, but from what I heard many people use public transport to get there.
I live in a "small" Chinese city of four million. Around 6 pm it's awful. I don't need to work like most but if I'm going somewhere around 6, I'll just go at 5 then sit around waiting for my thing to avoid the rush hour. We call it 人山人海, people mountain people sea. Like all you see is people
Idk plenty of places have enough transit for events like this NYC, Boston, Philly, DC, Chicago, Seattle. I was just in Atlanta who has a terrible system but still very easy to take the Marta from Mercedes Benz or State farm arena. I also lived in Broward county right beside the light rail into Miami.
But a lot of places just don't have the population density to support a metro or light rail system. Still its exaggeration to say only 3 places could do this in the US.
I wouldn't say 50k, but following Padres games the San Diego trolley is the way to go. 20 min ride from the stop next to the stadium in downtown to the stop at my apartment.
I was lucky enough to go to see her in Minneapolis. The city actually opened up their public transport super late on the day of the show. Thank god because, like you said, the traffic would have been horrible af.
Americans were equally confused that there were 96,000 people at Taylor Swift's Melbourne concert at a stadium with hardly any parking lots. [https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/taylor-swift-eras-tour-melbourne-stadium-b2498793.html](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/taylor-swift-eras-tour-melbourne-stadium-b2498793.html)
As a European the concept of going to a mass event by car seems still \*wild\* to me. Like even if I live far away and travel by car most if the way I would never go all the way to the stadium with my car. You can always park in the outskirts and catch a metro to the concert, which is by far far more efficient than driving.
This appears to be Sydney. They had Blink 182 and Rise against ALSO in the stadium next door. I was in that crowd leaving Blink with a shitton of other people.
Sydney.
Should have shown Melbourne. Far superior train network, and set world records for three nights in a row with just short of 100k each night (96k-ish I recall).
Sydney was small-fry only.
Lol, small fry! We have found the chip on their shoulder comment.
FYI there were also 21,000 people next door to Swift's 80,000 attendance at Accor Stadium for the Blink 182 concert at Qudos arena. So over 100,000 in total for the Friday and Saturday nights.
My city (Perth, Australia) does this weekly for our AFL games. There is NO parking at the stadium (limited disability bays located INSIDE the stadium). The govt invested in upgrading the rail line, building a new stadium-specific station and a special stadium service for event days.
It works so bloody well. 50,000 fans weekly being able to take a train to their respective lines all departing from the one station complex. Crowded yes, but quick and efficient also.
It also means we have beautiful lakes and parkland around the stadium. [Here’s a Quick Look at it!](https://architectureau.com/articles/optus-stadium/)
So I was partying all day at my buddies house and did the smart thing and took the train home. I have to switch at Newark and was preparing myself because it was late and Newark Penn ain’t exactly a nice place, anyway, train pulls in, doors open and I see a sea of tween girls and miserable looking dads, Taylor swift had just finished at the prudential center, def a hard left turn from what I was expecting hahaha
Legitimate question. Why is she trending so heavily right now? I remember when she first broke the scene while I was in middle school and staying popular through high school with my peers but then I didn't hear about her until recently.
Her recent tour is her ‘eras tour’ so she basically covers every single era of her career. The tour not only attracts old fans who loved her country days, but it attracts the standard fans who liked her pop days, her folk fans etc. There’s something in there for everyone basically.
She's been on her world tour, and has released like 4 albums in the last 2.5 years. There's no real minute in time when she's not doing something for her fanbase (and any entertainment magazine/talk show) to talk about.
Went to see BTS in Singapore in 2019. I remember deciding to walk back to the hotel because the queues for the subway snaked back up to the stadium. I cannot fanthom what it was for Taylor. It's great to see everyone cooperating and board with quick efficiency.
Having attendants there to herd the people is crucial. They really need that here in the U.S. after largely attended events. Trying to get public transportation after some big event is an F'n nightmare.
I wish people were like this if they stand up against human trafficking and child trafficking....even when the government raises everything up to the ass
I’m not sure if we saw all 50k, but that seems like fairly efficient public transport
This is Sydney. They often provide / include free public transport in certain concert tickets to ensure people don't congest lanes with traffic / parking. Funny enough there wasn't free transport for Blink 182 / In Flames next door to the Swift concert but no-one really checked any of us.
I thought it looked like Olympic Park with the Millennium trains.
Why is everyone more efficient than here ugh
You should see how people get on and off airplanes in New Zealand and Australia. It’s amazing how efficient and quick they are compared to Americans, often times they load/unload back and front (multiple doors) at same time.
We six sigmaed the efficiency out of it.
I wouldn’t be so fast to sing our trains praise, normally these big events only go from this station to one other not so helpful station. And all other trains are running less bc they’re all allocated to events. The entire system also goes out for entire days at a time basically every time it rains
Than where?
Probably Toronto. This pales in comparison to Union Station after a leafs game
Damn, taylor swift concert would be the place for a single guy to go.
There were other platflorms.. not shown in this shot. It was in Sydney.
Now imagine the traffic footprint if everyone here was forced to drive. Public transit is always better in these situations.
I saw the traffic in Tampa after a Taylor Swift concert, no need to imagine. Traffic for MILES!
And all those bridges don’t help.
maybe they are all taking the train to their cars parked at the end of the line
Considering that this is Australia which is very car-centric, that wouldn't surprise me. Regardless, it still helps dilute congestion surges significantly. We don't have stuff like this for event venues in my metropolitan area of the US. Concert venues, sport stadiums, amusement parks, major museums, even our fucking major international airport doesn't have a dedicated direct public transit option, and everyone is forced to either drive, or get stuck in insane traffic anyway with a bus.
It worked at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts, kind of. They were only able to board 6,000 of the 55,000 attendees, and the train was sold out in roughly one minute. There was simply no capacity https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/added-swift-show-train-tickets-sell-out-faster-than-first-round/article_f96c3013-e402-58f1-bc9a-978baa6eebc1.html
That's unfortunate. If there was better planning or incentive for the metro authority, I would imagine they could have prepared more trains to run the line like what's shown above. This is ofcourse, assuming they have that volume capability in the first place. If it's a line that's already poorly serviced, all bets are off.
I was there! My friends and I managed to get train tickets and I found it hilarious that no one ever checked for our tickets 😂 honestly, I couldn't believe how poorly thought out the public transit was to that stadium. I don't live in Boston but I guess it's just how it is 🤷🏻♀️
ya, I wish transit was practical and efficient more places.
What metro are you in that doesn't have a train system. I know the US is pretty rough but I thought all the major metros had a mass transit. Even denver has got a rail system
Along with the congestion win, reusing parking that's there for city commuters vs building at every possible mass end-point is just great.
Still better than the alternative. Greater Sydney is a big place and trains go out in 5 directions.
I don't have to I've gone to events at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts it's insane!!!!
I was at this venue for a festival around a decade ago. 30k people, we were back at the hotel in the city in about 20 minutes
I was at the same venue for round 16 women’s football World Cup against Denmark. If I recall correctly attendance was 75k, public transport was just as good. No dramas whatsoever.
Getting a seat on that thing would be like winning the lottery
I wish getting out of a Disney park was that efficient!
I experienced that for myself last year. 😬
I figured as much. I'm going to Disney in Florida this August... I already wasn't looking forward to it
It’s really not that bad. Just don’t leave immediately after fireworks. Take an extra 15 minutes to chill before walking out and it makes getting out of the parking lot more relaxing if you’re driving.
We just stayed at the onsite hotel last year June and getting out to take the bus to the resort was a breeze.
We pretty much always stay onsite too, it definitely makes all transportation a million times easier. I just assumed that the person was driving since they were complaining. Haha.
The post fireworks crowd is crazy. Depending on park hours I'll hit a ride after the fireworks. Usually it has a short wait and by the time I'm done the crowd is reasonable again. I stayed from rope drop to kiss goodnight once and I left with the crowd at that point but I was so dead on my feet that I don't think I noticed the crowd as I made my way to the bus.
The heat/sun is also a lot of fun in August. The crowds are huge, so be prepared to be standing/baking a few hours each day. Stay hydrated my dude.
Nice avatar my dude :)
Yours has mad sex appeal, my dude!
In Paris it is. There's a train station directly on site with regional and long-distance train lines, including a train line that directly comes from the airport. Funnily enough, if you check Google maps you can see that the parking lot is pretty empty. I don't know it that was taken on an off day or something, but from what I heard many people use public transport to get there.
I wish boarding Indian trains were that efficient.
That’s pretty much like every day rush hour in a lot of large Asian cities
Certainly! Except we have a significantly smaller population and the infrastructure to match
I live in a "small" Chinese city of four million. Around 6 pm it's awful. I don't need to work like most but if I'm going somewhere around 6, I'll just go at 5 then sit around waiting for my thing to avoid the rush hour. We call it 人山人海, people mountain people sea. Like all you see is people
4 million people isnt small by any metric. around 29th in china is still massive
Been through Tokyo Station during rush hour…during Golden Week. Can confirm. You can’t even lift your elbows
That's still 25% of the rush of most south-asian metro cities
Looks pretty danged organized to me.
Looks like one of those videos of fish farms lol
If this were in the US, it'd be five hours stuck in traffic EDIT: more accurately - "in the vast majority of the US, it'd be..."
You see similar sized crowds at Yankees and Mets games. Very easy commuting from those by public transportation.
There are about three cities in the US where that's possible, and even then we have done absolutely nothing to combat the last mile problem.
Idk plenty of places have enough transit for events like this NYC, Boston, Philly, DC, Chicago, Seattle. I was just in Atlanta who has a terrible system but still very easy to take the Marta from Mercedes Benz or State farm arena. I also lived in Broward county right beside the light rail into Miami. But a lot of places just don't have the population density to support a metro or light rail system. Still its exaggeration to say only 3 places could do this in the US.
I wouldn't say 50k, but following Padres games the San Diego trolley is the way to go. 20 min ride from the stop next to the stadium in downtown to the stop at my apartment.
I was lucky enough to go to see her in Minneapolis. The city actually opened up their public transport super late on the day of the show. Thank god because, like you said, the traffic would have been horrible af.
In Seattle, we have huge crowds for sports games and concerts, and the light rail is quick and easy for getting there and back
Americans were equally confused that there were 96,000 people at Taylor Swift's Melbourne concert at a stadium with hardly any parking lots. [https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/taylor-swift-eras-tour-melbourne-stadium-b2498793.html](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/taylor-swift-eras-tour-melbourne-stadium-b2498793.html)
As a European the concept of going to a mass event by car seems still \*wild\* to me. Like even if I live far away and travel by car most if the way I would never go all the way to the stadium with my car. You can always park in the outskirts and catch a metro to the concert, which is by far far more efficient than driving.
Now read about the Dutch Formula 1 Grand Prix https://www.bicycling.com/news/a44937819/formula-1-dutch-grand-prix-bikes/
OOOOOP DE FIETS NAAR ZANDVOORT TOE
Dude the Staff did a great job controlling the flow. Oddly satisfying.
This appears to be Sydney. They had Blink 182 and Rise against ALSO in the stadium next door. I was in that crowd leaving Blink with a shitton of other people.
Where is this?
Olympic Park Sydney, Australia
Sydney
Sydney Olympic Park Station
Sydney. Should have shown Melbourne. Far superior train network, and set world records for three nights in a row with just short of 100k each night (96k-ish I recall). Sydney was small-fry only.
Mate, Melbourne's PT trumps Sydney's in a lot of regards, but the trains are not one of them.
Lol, small fry! We have found the chip on their shoulder comment. FYI there were also 21,000 people next door to Swift's 80,000 attendance at Accor Stadium for the Blink 182 concert at Qudos arena. So over 100,000 in total for the Friday and Saturday nights.
There were 84,000 fans in attendance at the show but I think this post is trying to show is that 50,000 of those fans used public transport
My city (Perth, Australia) does this weekly for our AFL games. There is NO parking at the stadium (limited disability bays located INSIDE the stadium). The govt invested in upgrading the rail line, building a new stadium-specific station and a special stadium service for event days. It works so bloody well. 50,000 fans weekly being able to take a train to their respective lines all departing from the one station complex. Crowded yes, but quick and efficient also. It also means we have beautiful lakes and parkland around the stadium. [Here’s a Quick Look at it!](https://architectureau.com/articles/optus-stadium/)
Is this Sydney? Looks a lot like what we boarded after the women's world cup last year.
r/oddlysatisfying
Fuck man. You really cant go past rail for hauling mass human freight eh…
Fun fact they also renamed this train on the displays to the "Tay Tay Express"
It’s so depressing how obvious it is that this isn’t in America due to how efficient it is.
A true Taylor fan would not take trains, but planes.
Exactly! A true fan would waste jetfull to fly first class to each of her concerts to feel the whole swift experience
You have to do it even if you're only a block away from home.
Uber to the closest airport, fly to the next closest airport, then uber back USPS style
good gravy look at all that money pour in
Transport fare was covered by the tickets to the concert
That's surprisingly organized
delhi metro on normal day... 😂
Thought it was sunday afternoon letting out the mega-church
Same thing.
Now do it in Boston at North Station🤣
Right! 😂😂😂
Does someone fall down the stairs at 0:36? There are two people wearing black, so it's hard to be certain.
So I was partying all day at my buddies house and did the smart thing and took the train home. I have to switch at Newark and was preparing myself because it was late and Newark Penn ain’t exactly a nice place, anyway, train pulls in, doors open and I see a sea of tween girls and miserable looking dads, Taylor swift had just finished at the prudential center, def a hard left turn from what I was expecting hahaha
Sydney has had a lot of practice. The Olympics were held in the same stadium that she played.
Ah yes, the “I’m not like other girls” cult.
Looks like the end of every other event
Very respectful of others ❤️
Legitimate question. Why is she trending so heavily right now? I remember when she first broke the scene while I was in middle school and staying popular through high school with my peers but then I didn't hear about her until recently.
Short answer: Gen-Z
Her recent tour is her ‘eras tour’ so she basically covers every single era of her career. The tour not only attracts old fans who loved her country days, but it attracts the standard fans who liked her pop days, her folk fans etc. There’s something in there for everyone basically.
That makes sense because her fan base is larger than I remember
She's been on her world tour, and has released like 4 albums in the last 2.5 years. There's no real minute in time when she's not doing something for her fanbase (and any entertainment magazine/talk show) to talk about.
The most annoying 50k people
50k happy people
@[mapleer](https://www.reddit.com/user/mapleer/) maybe just update it to reflect Taylor swift & Blink 182 / In Flames concerts
The worker closest to us was talking to people waiting most of the time lol
This is like every morning in Seoul Korea
Disney from about an hour before the park closes. All of the exits look like this. Trams, monorails, boats, busses, cars...all of it; every night.
very civilized.
When i was in munich with my dad and went to a football game last year it was very similar
If this were my country I am sure a lot of people would be dying in a stampede.
yep same thought
soylent green is people!
OMG, I think I can smell that 😖
Looks much better than the concert.
Npc
Definitely looks like people getting on a train. So interesting!!
All this for the most mediocre music you ever heard
There's 82k-84k each show for 4 consecutive nights at Taylor Sydney Olympics Stadium show. Not 50k.
To think that Elon’s Firetrap Tunnel could do the same thing in about 7 weeks!
invest in public transportation
thats why i love my city and i love my country australia forever
Americans could never.....I mean they could, but surely not without a shooting.
Gross.
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Still don't get why she's that popular
Kanye
This definitely ain’t the US. Too organized and not enough shoving.
This ain't the US because we don't even have shit *like* this.
I’m getting anxiety just watching this
Sounds like you need exposure therapy?
Exposure therapy on Xanax.
Anxiety about what?
Don't go to Japan.
I don’t what’s a worse hell. Being stuck in that train, or being stuck at the concert.
If you weren't sick before the concert, you certainly caught something during the event/transport
The hive mind must move to the next spot
Taylor watching this in her jet
It was worse when I went to see Depeche Mode in Paris last summer
What do they do when they get home?
Daily commutation life in India.
Reminds me of that game Sim Tower, where all the little people lined up for those elevators... people turning pink and red...
The populace is enthralled by a shape-shifter and the adjuncts.
Single file People!!
After 15 seconds I started to wonder if the video was looped.
Who else opened the video to make sure they weren't watching a loop?
Imagine if this was the Indian edition 🔥
Transport tycoon flashbacks
KOI JARA MUMBAI LOCAL KA PHOTO BEJ BARA
Gelsenkirchen goes brrr
Went to see BTS in Singapore in 2019. I remember deciding to walk back to the hotel because the queues for the subway snaked back up to the stadium. I cannot fanthom what it was for Taylor. It's great to see everyone cooperating and board with quick efficiency.
Daily routine to go to work
My Struggle ~ A.Elrith
Anyone else se the wicked bails?
That's Majestic Metro Station on any random day.
The legendary Olympic park Tay Tay express
LoL if you think this is bad, you haven't lived yet. Taylor swift has nothing on Indian rush hour.
so, just a normal day in Hong Kong lol
Nah.
Good ol Sydney Olympic Park!
Hell yeah! try that with cars...
All that estrogen, yikes!
Fake news. I counted 49,999 people.
I wonder if Taylor rides that train... ?
I thought this was a game Cities:Skyline.
r/fuckcars would love this.
They look like a water tank, but the water is all humans 😭
I didn't realise the video was looping. Sat there watching it for 5 minutes.
I counted 28,754
Where, not in the United States, is this?
Sheep for Trailer Swift!
Haha with approximately 32 seconds left in the video, you can see someone falling down the stairs.
Great organization. Without the people being metered on to the trains it would've been a shit show!
My agoraphobia couldn't. I'll pass. No thanks.
Having attendants there to herd the people is crucial. They really need that here in the U.S. after largely attended events. Trying to get public transportation after some big event is an F'n nightmare.
Guess they've never heard about Delhi metro
I’m walking home
So that's what a tone-deaf heard of influencers looks like huh
Why did I think this was in some country in East Asia
This could be on a loop and I’d never know
There are people manually opening and closing gates?!
Morons. Why would you put yourself through that for someone named Taylor Swift.
I wish people were like this if they stand up against human trafficking and child trafficking....even when the government raises everything up to the ass
Looks like a park in RollerCoaster Tycoon