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Summary. I. Public Transit A. Metro B. Bus C. DLR II. Circulation in London A. Black Cabs B. Cars : Main features C. Cars : Congestion charges. Pu blic Transit. Public Transit. A. Underground. Public Transit. A. Underground Subway created in 1919 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
I. Public Transit
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 MapI. 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