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Millions of passengers use the Mexico City metro daily. It is one of the largest and most used systems in the world, a crowning achievement of the capital's fastpaced growth during the mid-20th Century. A new Gold line, Line 12, is under construction. It will provide a much-needed lateral connection between the lines that snake southward. I ride the metro as often as possible, despite its drawbacks. It is often insanely crowded, and under the hot earth of the Valley of Mexico, the subterrean atmosphere can sometimes be decidely unpleasant. This is a view inside the Hidalgo transfer station.

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It is ironic. Mexico City has a metro system that is astonishingly clean, on-time, efficient, and CHEAP. TWO PESOS to travel nearly anywhere in the city?

What could the MTA learn from their counterparts in Mexico, DF? Drop the price and they will come! Build the lines and they will come! If you build stations where people want and need to travel they will come! The streets in Mexico are no less clogged than they are in central LA; but could you imagine what they would be like if the buses and trains did not run? IMPOSSIBLE.

MTA: Take a page from Mexico. Build out the lines and drop the prices. Fast, cheap, and frequent should be your motto.

Posted on March 17, 2008 8:54 PM by Jeff