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metro stories: 4 news summaries


 Dubai's New Metro 
 a Surprise Social Leveler 

Rigid stratification breaks down underground, to delight of some

Oct 20, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - It may or may not alleviate massive traffic jams of Mercedes and Hummers, but Dubai's new metro system is definitely loosening up the Emirate's rigidly stratified society. “No velvet rope or electrified security gate to keep out the masses,” Tom Hundley writes. “Privileged Emiratis suddenly find themselves... More »

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subway • Dubai • United Arab Emirates • metro • civil society • mass transit • egalitarian • stratification

 Dubai Unveils 
 Gulf's First Metro 

Sheikhdom aims to get drivers onto public transport despite rock-bottom fuel prices

Sep 10, 09 1:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dubai yesterday opened its gleaming new $7.6 billion metro rail system, the first on the Arabian peninsula, AP reports. The sheikhdom's leaders hope the system will help clear Dubai's chronically traffic-clogged streets and provide some good press for the downturn-battered emirate.  Each 5-car train on the driverless system... More »

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subway • Dubai • United Arab Emirates • metro • New York City Subway • London Underground • UAE • public transit • mass transit

Metro Workers Busted in Transit Sex Ring

Station manager used loudspeaker to arrange business: cop

Jun 27, 08 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two workers in the Washington Metro transit system have been busted for running a prostitution ring from one of the train stations, and using a loudspeaker to arrange a tryst, according to police. One of the staffers, a station manager, advertised available "sexual pleasures" in flyers, reports Fox TV.... More »

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prostitution • crime • Washington DC • metro

French Rail Workers Strike

Utility workers, teachers, civil servants plan strikes too; Sarkozy vows to fight

Nov 13, 07 8:02 PM CST
(Newser) - French rail workers tested Sarkozy's mettle today by walking off the job in defense of their pensions, the BBC reports. Only 90 of France's 700 high-speed trains will run tomorrow and subway service in Paris will be dead, according to the metro operator. "Tomorrow is going to be a... More »

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subway • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • strike • rail workers • metro • teacher

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