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Revised plans arise for a WestShore area transit hub

Greetings everyone! As many of you know, the recent economic downturn has forced many transit districts to re-evaluate their current levels of service,  as well as future plans, based on the level of funding that is available. In addition, many districts are searching for new ways to fund their transit districts, but some scenarios bringContinueContinue reading “Revised plans arise for a WestShore area transit hub”

March = Spring cleaning

Besides the opening of station Mairie de Montrouge on Line 4; this month will be filled with some cleanup tasks for my site. As you may already have noticed, the upper navigation bar has been simplified. This was done because I changed some of the page names to make things more simple. For instance, theContinueContinue reading “March = Spring cleaning”

Reopening a closed subway station: South Ferry and Cluny – La Sorbonne

Greetings everyone! I know I’ve been talking quite a lot about the Paris Metro as of late. However, I don’t want to leave the New York City Subway out of my discussions, as there’s much to talk about on that system. Particularly, I will be speaking of news that the New York City MTA willContinueContinue reading “Reopening a closed subway station: South Ferry and Cluny – La Sorbonne”

Daylight Savings Time – Spring Forward

I just wanted to give everyone a quick reminder to please set your clocks ahead one hour tonight. Tomorrow (March 10, 2013) begins Daylight Savings Time here in the US. So for everyone residing here in the US, please be sure to adjust your clocks. I certainly would not like to see anyone late forContinueContinue reading “Daylight Savings Time – Spring Forward”

If Line 4 was fully automated…

Greetings everyone, As I mentioned in my Sunday posting regarding Line 4 of the Paris subway, I want to go through some possible scenarios that could play out if full automation were to take place. Right now, automation is in the planning books for Line 4, as it is the second busiest line in theContinueContinue reading “If Line 4 was fully automated…”

Revised Grand Paris Express plan unveils a possible Phase 2 extension for Metro Line 11

Greetings everyone! I have some late-breaking news regarding Line 11 of the Paris Metro! A couple weeks ago, I mentioned about the upcoming project to extend Line 11 from its current terminus at station Mairie des Lillias to Rosny Bois-Perrier. Now, there is word of a 2nd phase extension that would run from Rosny Bois-Perrier toContinueContinue reading “Revised Grand Paris Express plan unveils a possible Phase 2 extension for Metro Line 11”

HART introduces real-time transit updates! (beta mode)

Yes, I’m late on this one…but better late than never. During the month of February; HART rolled out the beta version of its new real-time bus tracker. The software used by HART is OneBusAway, which is the same open-source GTFS software the the New York City MTA uses for its “BusTime” and “TrainTime” interfaces. I wantContinueContinue reading “HART introduces real-time transit updates! (beta mode)”

Europe Transit site migration complete!

Happy Tuesday everyone! As I mentioned before, I have been migrating all of my Europe Transit content from my Google-powered site to my WordPress blog. Because I have a busy and adjusted work schedule later this week, I decided to go ahead and complete the migration over the weekend, since there isn’t as much contentContinueContinue reading “Europe Transit site migration complete!”

Photo Galleries of Montrouge!

Greetings everyone! I would like to share some links with you. These are links to a few photo albums from the Paris Metro Line 4 blog by Dominique Josse that depict the construction of station Mairie de Montrouge. There are three albums to view, all of which are accessible from the left side navigation bar onContinueContinue reading “Photo Galleries of Montrouge!”