[India] Bilevel Chennai Metro viaduct with Phase 2 Corridors 4 & 5 running on two levels
This is a bilevel Metro viaduct where Chennai Metro Corridors 4 and 5 converge, with five tracks supported by a single set of pillars across two levels. The fifth track is a sloping loop line that will connect Corridors 4 and 5.
The viaduct spans roughly 4 km along Arcot Road between Alwarthirunagar and Alapakkam.
The lower level costs Corridor 4 (Lighthouse to Poonamallee), while the upper level hosts Corridor 5 (Madhavaram to Sholinganallur).
https://odysee.com/rapidsave.com_doubledecker_metro_viaduct_with_chennai_metro-08qev0kdoewh1:ed5f3e1034Open linkView original on lemmy.world[India] Chennai public transit density
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/52460201
This is a map of all public transit in Chennai. It paints every single bus route at schedule time x number of buses x type.
Also includes the metro rail, suburban local trains, and MRTS routes.
Created by ReclaimChennai, with additional information from the Chennai One transit app
[India] Nagpur's Aapli Bus mass transit system hits an all-time ridership high with over 212,000 riders in a single day
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50524971
https://www.nagpurtoday.in/nagpurs-aapli-bus-hits-all-time-high-with-over-2-12-lakh-riders-in-a-day/Open linkView original on lemmy.worldStarting 2027, all children under age 12 will travel free on public transit in the Netherlands (link in Dutch)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49181813
They'll have to be accompanied by a paying adult, but still. This covers all public transport -- trains, metros, trams, buses, etc.
Something Surprising Happens When Bus Rides Are Free
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/43191242
Feb. 13, 2026
Free buses? Really? Of all the promises that Zohran Mamdani made during his New York City mayoral campaign, that one struck some skeptics as the most frivolous leftist fantasy. Unlike housing, groceries and child care, which weigh heavily on New Yorkers’ finances, a bus ride is just a few bucks. Is it really worth the huge effort to spare people that tiny outlay?
It is. Far beyond just saving riders money, free buses deliver a cascade of benefits, from easing traffic to promoting public safety. Just look at Boston; Chapel Hill, N.C.; Richmond, Va.; Kansas City, Mo.; and even New York itself, all of which have tried it to excellent effect. And it doesn’t have to be costly — in fact, it can come out just about even.
If free buses strike you as wasteful, you’re not alone. Plenty of the beneficiaries would be people who can afford to pay. Does it make sense to give them a freebie? Yes, if it improves the life of the city, just as free parks, libraries and public schools do. Don’t think of it as a giveaway to the undeserving. Think of it as a gift to all New Yorkers in every community. We deserve it.
Lawsuits detail battle over millions of dollars, People Mover builder’s alleged 'improper' conduct
The fact that everybody is suing LINX, the main contractor, makes it seem like they are in fact the ones screwing things up, rather than LAX. I just want it finished!
https://laist.com/transportation/lax-people-mover-linxsOpen linkView original on sh.itjust.worksIs LA Finally Serious About Mass Transit?
Podcaster interviews Executive Director of MoveLA to talk about existing and future plans of transit in LA.
California has the longest light-rail line in the world. It doesn’t quite work
What do you all think about this article?
I will agree the A line isn’t exactly amazing, but I also don’t completely agree with some assertions and experiences from the author. The author mentions how long it takes to get to the extremes of the A line, but the A line isn’t exactly meant to travel across vast distances quickly, its meant to provide connections along its routes. I do agree it would be nice to go from Pasadena to long beach very quickly, (in the same way with the E line being able to get to santa monica from East LA quicker), but we’d need to develop an additional tracks to allow faster service and/or priority to the line. Those can be done later. It feels like for a lot of LA’s history, creating train lines is important because of how hard it is to do, and how much harder it will be in the future.
I don’t quite agree with the author’s bad experiences on the A line. Yeah there are definitely bad times where the train smells horrible, or weird alarm things happen, but it is extremely rare in my experience and hasn’t dissuaded me from using it.
Paris Metro: From Orly Airport to the City Center in 25 Minutes - We Build Value
Paris continues to rock it on transit construction. It takes decades to modernize and refurbish a tier 1 city's infrastructure and they're well ahead of schedule on supporting the city's needs with new metros, trams, biking, and pedestrianized infrastructure.
Viva la France!
https://www.webuildvalue.com/en/infrastructure/metro-paris-subway.htmlOpen linkView original on lemmy.ml
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