... I've been known to walk nearly 14 miles in one day in New York because I didn't want to use the subway or similar distances in Barcelona and Paris. So I'm not a big fan of these systems. I'm partly too intimidated by not having a clue how things work.
However, despite that, I loved the ... Read review
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Advantages: New, clean, fast and cheap Disadvantages: Not always easy to know where it is or where it goes
...and I'm talking about the new Delhi Metro or 'Mass Rail Transport System'. But before I tell you about the system itself, let's look at why it was needed.
Why did Delhi need a metro? *****************************
Pollution - locals used to say that breathing in Delhi was like smoking 20 fags a day. The air was so thick with dirty diesel fumes that if, at the end of the day you blew your nose and had a little peek in your hanky, the bogies were ... ...streets and replacing them with new yellow and green ones that run exclusively on compressed natural gas or CNG. Buses were also switched to CNG and private drivers are being urged to consider this alternative fuel as well. Today the effect on air quality has been remarkable. In addition to the CNG switch, use of the metro system has taken many buses and thousands of cars off the streets and further reduced the air pollution.
Congestion - Delhi ...
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