You want to talk politics, go to Beijing.’ ” When I visited Steinberg ... Shanghai opened its first subway line in 1995; today it has 11; by 2025, there will be 22. In 2004, the city also ...

I'll happily sit beside him." A female passenger stepped forward and confronted a man on the Beijing subway who had been verbally attacking fellow riders over dust on the clothing, with her ...

Public transportation police in Beijing have imposed administrative detention on a passenger for verbally abusing others over a seating dispute in accordance with the law, according to a police ...

New York City's subway map has been largely unchanged ... colors over the streets of the five boroughs. But the map has had some real problems with readability for all of its 46 years, and ...

A new New York City subway map has been unveiled by the MTA. A lot has changed on the subway in the last 45 years, including stations, train cars, platforms, and even how we pay. But one thing ...

Vast swaths of the subway still rely on signal equipment from the Great Depression. A multibillion dollar plan, now at risk, ...

Subway riders are leaving behind the MetroCard, orange-seat subway cars, and now the subway map too. Last week, the MTA unveiled a new subway map that officials say will be easier to read and ...

The new maps incorporate feedback from riders and include bright, bold colors for each subway line and more clearly indicate transfer hubs. See the map below and use the slider to compare the old ...

Hermann/Courtesy MTA) This week the MTA rolled out a new map of the New York City subway. (Courtesy MTA ... by the increased frequency of real-time data, where platform trackers will be updated ...

If you didn’t see it on your way to work this morning, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has unveiled a new subway map—and it’s already in use. The new map takes inspiration ...

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