European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1966, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Is Woi Ringlon Bureau h is being made else 1 capital transportation the organization that it awarded the r a million subway to a Chicago consulting consultants Are to prepare a mlle the first downtown sub n and the whole system be ready by i half under i rest on the will enter of the City to Mary Ila will be underground toys historic Central i the Capitol and verment offices will be Way from the nations Mil inter at the in the Pentagon to a Stop House will take Only five will also Stop at a new w building Complex going de Pentagon bios planned for the Cape underground with Escala Menan lne level for collection and conces Agency is working with n other Man fac nor Pentagon tuners and planners to search for High performance such innovations As rubber tired sub Way cars in the Paris metro Are being initial requirements Are for 184 cars that will carry 84 passengers they will be capable of rapid and speeds of up to 75 Miles per the Nita wants the system set up so people can use their automobiles to drive to and from rapid transit on the other Side of the country construction is going on for the 75mile san Francisco rapid transit one of the largest building projects in the this system will connect downtown san Francisco with Points in Alameda and Contra Costa counties in the East Bay it will be a mixture of clouding a tube under san Francisco Bay structures and surface present plans Call for the first line to open in the East Bay in two the whole system is expected to be ready by in the Southern new Jersey suburb of Camden a new line is under construction which will Cost about 160 Montreal the second in can is expected to be open this the largest not Only in North but in the whole is new in new York City billion passengers travel each year on the 238mile under ground and elevated the new York system May be the largest and the Only True Complex rapid transit operation in North but its not the Boston started using subways Back in 1897 and today there is virtually no bus service in the downtown All passengers use the eight underground rail in Chicago the use of the Public transit service is so High that about 85 per cent of All people coming to the downtown Loop in the morning Rush hour make the trip by Public the Only City in the to open a new system since is the first City with direct rapid transit service Between the downtown area and the cites Granddaddy of All subway systems is the London underground which celebrated its 100th birthday in while the Paris metro carries the greatest number of subway passengers outside of the new York almost billion a London comes with Moscow not far All told 28 foreign cities with populations ranging from in Oslo to More than 10 million in London and Tokyo Havo rail rapid transit either in operation or under almost alone among the major capitals in the Western Hast got a rail rapid transit a Tunnel it proposed for loft or watery i i Many Frim an working hard on new develop ments for rapid transit can now which almost As Light As there proposals to construction costs by us ing structuring for both underground and elevated companies in states delivering stainless steel cars for use at and Sta coming in for attention designers making them convenient and furnishing them with Ultra Modem More comfortable trains Are on drawing the stars and stripes h