Tag Archives: Metro

Parisian commuting gets technologically smarter

August 2, 2011 – 11:30 am

by Lindsay Paterson WHAT’S HAPPENING The Paris travel authorities are making metro and bus travel even simpler for commuters by putting travel passes on smartphones (LaTribune.fr, 6 July 2011). Currently, commuters swipe their ‘Navigo’ cards to pay for their journey, but they’ll soon be able to swipe their smartphones over special readers instead, giving them […]

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Portland map aims to get Latinos biking and hiking

March 3, 2011 – 10:10 am

by Abelardo de la Pena Jr. WHAT’S HAPPENING In Portland, OR, people bike or walk just about everywhere. To get Latinos to join in, Metro, the elected regional government and healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente are partnering to create a bilingual biking and hiking map. The project, called “Vámonos,” will promote existing biking and walking routes […]

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