PAST - USA - Overhauling an Ancient Transport System
NY,USA -Industrial News Room -12 APR 2005: -- A recent New York City subway fire exposed the extent of the system's disrepair, revealing it's so outdated that it's surprising that it functions at all... In New York City's subways; and in Paris (circa 1900), Boston (1897), Budapest, Hungary (1896) and London (1863); however, the legacy technology is not just out-of-date but ancient, 75 to 100 years old and nearly unrecognizable to many engineers... that make revamping a tricky proposition--and one that would surely interrupt service--... What's more, millions of people rely on it... to modernize the entire system, it would take around 35 years... by that time, the subway would be obsolete yet again...
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