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I. Public Transit ◦ A. Metro ◦ B. Bus ◦ C. DLR II. Circulation in London ◦ A. Black Cabs ◦ B. Cars : Main features ◦ C. Cars : Congestion charges

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I. Public Transit◦ A. Metro◦ B. Bus◦ C. DLR

II. Circulation in London◦ A. Black Cabs◦ B. Cars : Main features◦ C. Cars : Congestion charges

Summary

I. Public Transit

A. Underground

I. Public Transit

A. Underground

◦ Subway created in 1919

◦ The longest metro system in the world (402 kilometres, 270 stations)

◦ Busiest metro system in Europe after Paris and Moscow

◦ 55% of network is above ground

◦ London Underground is a true symbol

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B. Bus

◦ Busses have double-decker

◦ They are very famous in all over the world

◦ Buses carry more passengers than the metro (6 million passengers every day).

◦ Night buses (after midnight)

I. Public Transit

C. Docklands Light Railway (DLR)

I. Public Transit

C. Docklands Light Railway (DLR)

◦ Automated metro

◦ 40 stations, 31km long

◦ 2009: 100 000 persons per day

◦ Like the underground : system with three rails

I. Public Transit

C. DLR Map

I. Public Transit

A. The Black Cabs

◦ Light Yellow : Taxi is free

◦ Cab driver isolated by a glass

◦ Adapted to whellchair users

◦ Expensive

◦ Become cab driver is difficult

II. Circulation in London

B. Cars : Main features

◦ Drive on left

◦ Limitation in London : 48km/h (30mph)

◦ Limitation on highway : 112km/h (70mph)

◦ Road markings for directions

◦ No priority left or right

II. Circulation in London

C. Cars : Congestion Charge

◦ To reduce the number of cars, pollution and congestion

◦ Sort of toll for some vehicles

◦ 8£ per day

◦ Registration in database by Cameras

II. Circulation in London

◦ London posses a lot of transports

◦ Some transports constitute a part of heritage of London

◦ Other are less known

Conclusion