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maximus
Joined: 18 Jun 2008
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Location: Wellington, New Zealand
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 Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:25 pm Post subject: How big does a city need to be to have a metro? |
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Not sure of the answer myself - but does anyone know at what size (population) a city can realistically have a viable metro system?
Is there any historical info to base this on?
Los Angeles has just got one - but arguably it should have had one many years ago.
Paris and London both got theirs when they were about 1 million people?
Is that correct?
How many people do you think can make it work?[/code] |
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glasgow
Joined: 29 Jun 2008
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Glasgow has about 600,000, although 1,000,000 in the metropolitan area.
There are plans to extend our subway in preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth games.
Glasgow is mostly served by Suburban commuter rail though. |
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giolumi
Joined: 24 Apr 2008
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Location: MILANO
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In Italy now a lot of medium city (about 300-500'000 inhabitants) are going to build their own metro sistem. City as Parma and Modena (see wikipedia for more information)
This is quite incredible and expensive expecially in a country that have one of the low percentage of people that use pubblic means of transport. |
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