destructdisc @ destructdisc @lemmy.world Posts 30Comments 23Joined 2 yr. ago
I live in Mumbai -- while the commuter trains have lots of room for improvement, they do run at ~3 minute headway for most of the day, and that's on tracks shared with the national rail network. I'd expect a metro system with its own dedicated tracks to be able to do even better, at least at peak hours.
Just to be clear, I'm not complaining -- 5 minutes is pretty great, and the Mumbai Metro system (separate from the commuter trains) is also worse at about ~6 minutes -- but even so, I was hoping this system might be able to achieve times like the Paris or Moscow Metro
Kerala’s first-ever light tram project, inspired by Brisbane model, proposed for Kochi’s non-metro areas
5-minute headway isn't ideal, but it's a huge step in the right direction. I'm quite stoked for this.
I think the point being made is that having to drive everywhere makes people even less kind than they usually are, as borne out by road rage incidents
This is Line 2A on the Mumbai Metro. The train sets were built locally by BEML, but Alstom supplies the signaling infrastructure.
I should also mention that only two of the four operational metro lines in Mumbai currently have bike infrastructure. It's pretty annoying
We're all pretending to be mad at Israel now that 14,000 babies are starving to death
This is unironically true -- being forced into a car-centric mindset makes monsters out of most people