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There's one aspect where China has well and truly learned from America's mistakes: public transport. Every Chinese city of any importance has a metro system th
by jpatokal 12y ago
There's one aspect where China has well and truly learned from America's mistakes: public transport. Every Chinese city of any importance has a metro system that's shiny new and heavily used. In 1993, the Shanghai Metro did not exist; today it's the world's longest, and by some measures the busiest.
http://www.urbanrail.net/as/asia.htm http://www.urbanrail.net/as/asia.htm
http://www.urbanrail.net/as/cn/shan/shanghai.htm http://www.urbanrail.net/as/cn/shan/shanghai.htm
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoBut if you live in the suburbs and are just a car-less diaosi, you have your parents get up at 4am just to reserve a place for you in the bus line so you can make it to work by 8am (this is actually true for many places in Beijing, and some places in SH).