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Hong Kong Introduces a High-Speed Sleeper Train.
Seems like everyone to the East has solved or perfected long-distance traveling : Interested in capping off your trip to Hong Kong with a long weekend in Beijing or Shanghai? A new high-speed sleeper train service is making that possibility easier than ever. Two new overnight routes connecting the city with Beijing and Shanghai entered into service on June 15. Both trains depart Hong Kong West Kowloon Station in the evening and arrive in Beijing at 6.53 a.m. and Shanghai at 6.45 a.m., making the journeys around 12.5 hours and 11 hours respectively. Return trips depart from Beijing and Shanghai at around 8 p.m. and arrive in Hong Kong at 8.47 a.m. and 7.29 a.m. These routes run four days a week, departing all three stations every evening from Friday to Monday. “It will be more comfortable and faster, reducing the travel time by about half, and will cover a wider range of destinations, including popular tourist attraction cities,” John Lee, Hong Kong’s chief executive, said in a press st...
For Boston Commuters, It's 30 Days of Night.
According to a 2017 Boston Today report, " of the workers entering Boston, 95,000 drive alone, 83,000 take transit, and 36,000 carpool ." Well as of Friday, one of the most used lines will be down for 30 days (just in time for schools to start): Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker is asking everyone to "be patient" with the MBTA's unprecedented move to shut down the Orange Line for a month for repairs starting Friday because it will affect everyone in the Boston area. Baker, MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak, MassDOT Undersecretary Scott Bosworth and Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver held a news conference at the state transportation building in Boston Monday to warn the public to pay attention to the changes. The shutdown of the entire Orange Line will start at 9 p.m. Friday, August 19 for upgrades and repairs. It will last until September 19. The move will not only affect subway riders, it's also expected to have a huge impact on the Boston area f...
Will NYC Shooting Justify "Fund the Cops" Push?
Despite the sad events that occurred earlier today at the NYC substation , New York and America will need to brace for the inverse of what happens when there's a school shooting. In that (sadly reoccurring) instance the pundits and politicians would say something to the effect of, " Please don't make this political by talking about gun control or gun regulations; now's not the time ." Don't be surprised that in this instance, instead of keeping mum some of the same pundits and politicians start talking about funding police more...despite their actual productivity / output . UPDATE: As if on cue, the NYC mayor calls for more cops .