High-floor bus with level entrance from the median of the avenue, therefore the doors on the left. Seperate bus lane. Efficient. Ciudad de México, #Mexico #Metrobus#PublicTransportation
I feel safe in this city so far. But if crime is that high that they only can "solve" it by separating men from women, it leaves a bad aftertaste. Mexico City, #Mexico #Crime#women
Every station features their own icon which resembles the place (although here you'd have to speak Aztec to understand it). This helps both analphabets and people not familiar with the names to find their way. Mexico City, #Mexico #Transit#uBahn
Changing from a metro line to another is covered by the fare of 5 pesos per person (so only a few cents of CHF/EUR/USD), while changing to Metrobús (6$) or Gondola (7$) isn't. They all use gates with the same prepaid card. Pantitlán, #CiudadDeMéxico, #México #Train#Network#Metro#CDMX#CAF
@serac Just about the altitude of my apartment in grad school, though much drier than Mexico City. My lungs got real good biking up to the observatory.
@doppelspurinsel Absolutely. Graffiti are intended to be art, but too often pure vandalism. And there is a big difference here: a lot of the murals are private properties, with the owners supporting the murals (or even contributing to it). OK, the astronaut on my photo is on a school building.
@seracThe glass for the body of the building was manufactured by Canadian Pittsburgh Industries and was coloured using 2,500 oz (71,000 g) of gold, valued at CA$70 per pane at the time of installation.
@serac Good ole F40PH, the last truly successful EMD passenger locomotive.
20 years ago, they hauled nearly every passenger train in North America. Now, VIA is one of the last operators, and like most, replacing them with Siemens Chargers