Middle East: Mecca’s Hajj metro prepared for annual seven-day operating season
Work is underway to prepare the Saudi city’s Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro for its seven-day annual operating season during the Hajj pilgrimage, which this year falls on August 19-24. [metro-report.com]
USA: NJ Transit to shut down Atlantic City line for 5 months starting in September
NJ Transit plans to shut down the Atlantic City Line for five months starting Sept. 4 and redeploy its personnel and equipment to deal with shortages of both elsewhere in the state. [northjersey.com]
USA: San Francisco reducing greenhouse gas emissions with transit
There is a strong relationship between our daily travel choices and the environment. On any given weekday in San Francisco, Muni carries 26 percent of all daily trips, yet generates less than 1 percent of the city’s greenhouse gas emissions. [sfchronicle.com]
USA: If You Don’t Do Stairs, Half of New York City Is a Transit Desert
The city’s subway is by far the most inaccessible in the nation. That has a big economic impact on the whole city, according to a new report. [citylab.com]
Canada/USA: Which Celebrity Should Voice Your City’s Transit Announcements?
Seth Rogen is now the voice of public transit in Vancouver and Toronto. CityLab staff has nominated these stars do the same thing in other cities. [citylab.com]
USA: Los Angeles Metro Debates Two Station Options for New Downtown Rail Line
DTLA – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is planning a rail line that would connect Southeast Los Angeles cities with Downtown. Will it end at Union Station or in the Financial District? [ladowntownnews.com]
UK: 7 ways they should change London’s tube & rail map to make it less annoying to me personally
I spend more of my time thinking about the Tube Map and the myriad ways in which the powers that be have been gradually ruining the thing than is probably not entirely healthy. [citymetric.com]
Europe: A 1959 Sneak Peek at Lisbon Portugal’s Metro System
Just before the transit service began, locals saw this short film on television and movie screens across the city. [citylab.com]
