Why do they omit catenaries?

www.metro-report.com

1st Tram Line in Wuhan opened
By the way, trams without catenary seem to be popular all over the world.
It can be possible by store electricity on fleets.
I'm afraid that trams like that can run out electricity, if trams are stranded between stations due to accidents.
It should have been an advantage of electrified rail systems that carriages are supplied electricity almost permanently, even if they are forced to stop between stations for a long time.

In fact, when I boarded bus from Vancouver to Seattle, it broke down on freeway. And, the driver told passengers that air-conditioning system and toilet were suspended to save fuel.
(I offered him, when I wanted to use the toilet. Only while using, engine was kept running on.)

Why is there subway station in barren place?

China's metro station in the middle of nowhere
http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/chongqing-china-metro-station-nowhere/index.html

It's often the case with developing countries that subway lines open before development of land along the lines.
When Hankyu( Minoh-Arima Electric Railway in those days) opended rail line from Osaka to Kobe, it was fooled as 'Earthworm train', because it penetrated paddy field with straight rail. But now, cities along the rail line are so densed that there is almost no space to develop.

Within 20 years, Caojiawan station will track the same destiny.

Why did I meet Portland Madam?

Portland welcomes contactless ticketing
http://www.metro-report.com/news/technology/single-view/view/portland-welcomes-contactless-ticketing.html

About 3 weeks ago, I met a madam from Portland. The reason why I had a chance to speak to her was that she didn't know how to go somewhere in Tokyo and asked me the way.
She talked about the red line of Portland, inside of which most of the people are allowed to live ,and outside of which people working in agriculture can live.
Its purpose is to make the city compact.

Owing to its policy?, Portland tram can cover the portion of transportation to an extent ,and can afford to install this system?

Why is he making enemies?

President Trump says that the government will not 'accept or allow' transgender individuals to serve in the U.S. military
https://twitter.com/spectatorindex

It may cause two disasters.
The one is that it will accerelate discrimination against LGBT.
The other one is that current military men who are in charge of hardest serivice may declare that they are transgender to flee from military service.

We have to be careful of radical politicians who are seeking "common enemies" to share emotion with general people.
In this case, transgender became the common enemy for Trump.

Why isn't that dictatorship criticized?

Controversial Singaporean graphic novel wins 'Oscars' of comic world
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/25/arts/sonny-liew-eisner-singapore/index.html

I guess why few people criticize dictatorship of People's Action Party, the Singaporean party in power, is that richness of almost all the people in Singapore are not prevented by the political system.
Singapore has grown up economically and has been recognised as the would's safest place under the current regime.

So, there is not a reason to blame the system. But, if the party begins oppression against citizens, it's not the case.

Why complimentary inflight meal is declining?

Watch your waste: The problem with airline food and packaging
http://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/airlines-cabin-waste/index.html

Pre-order system would be effective, if it's done on short distance flights with cheap meals.
What do you think, if airline carrers want to sell food on board with rip-off prices?
Some people may bring foods which are available with less money. Then, total weight of each airplane would be heavier than usual.

So, the best way to make airplane lighter is to install pre-order system, and to serve it with cheap enough to discourage passengers to bring food onto flight.

台湾の鉄道駅別乗降客数ランキング(List of busiest train stations in Taiwan)

※数字は一日あたりです。データは基本的に2016年のものです。乗客数しか分からない駅は乗車人数を倍にして乗降客数を表しています。
※Data is on daily basis,and is basically collected in 2016. If there aren't data of the number of alighting passengers, the number of ridership is calculated by doubling the number of riding passengers.

Rank/順位	Station(English)	駅名(日本語)	ppl/乗降客数	footnote/脚注
1st	Taipei	台北	523,066
2nd	Banqiao	板橋	143,750
3rd	Ximen	西門	142,859
4th	City Hall(Taipei)	市政府(台北)	117,397
5th	Kaohsiung	高雄	104,143
6th	Zhongxiao Fuxing	忠孝復興	98,316
7th	Xinzuoying	新左営	96,286
8th	Tamsui	淡水	79,592
9th	Xinpu	新埔	78,865
10th	Zhongshan(Taipei)	中山(台北)	76,866
11th	Zhongxiao Dunhua	忠孝敦化	75,543
12th	Jiantan	剣潭	74,521
13th	Songshan(Taipei)	松山(台北)	73,814
14th	Nanjing Fuxing	南京復興	72,826
15th	Dingxi	頂溪	72,811
16th	Songjiang Nanjing	松江南京	71,701
17th	Zhongxiao Xinsheng	忠孝新生	66,922
18th	Xinwuri(HSR Taizhong)	新鳥日(高鐵台中)	66,020	Sum of TRA and HSR
19th	Guting	古亭	64,775
20th	Gongguan	公館	63,985
21st	Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall	中正記念堂	62,694
22nd	Shipai	石牌	62,156
23rd	Taipei 101/World Trade Center	台北101/世貿	61,028
24th	Longshan Temple	龍山寺	59,323
25th	Shilin	士林	58,249
26th	Taoyuan(TRA)	桃園(台鉄)	58,111
27th	Zhongli	中壢	57,240
28th	Fuzhong	府中	56,582
29th	Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center	南港展覧館	55,593
30th	Xingtian Temple	行天宮	54,919
31st	Yongan Market	永安市場	53,810
32nd	Taizhong(TRA)	台中(台鉄)	53,734
33rd	Tainan(TRA)	台南(台鉄)	53,051
34th	Yuanshan	圓山	52,888
35th	Dongmen	東門	51,560
36th	Jiangzicui	江子翠	51,560
37th	Jingan	景安	49,713
38th	Minquan West Road	民権西路	49,109
39th	Zhishan	芝山	46,902
40th	Taipei Arena	台北小巨蛋	46,601
41st	NTU Hospital	台大醫院	46,326
42nd	Shandao Temple	善導寺	44,322
43rd	Shuanglian	双連	44,261
44th	Nanjing Sanmin	南京三民	44,148
45th	Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall Station	国父記念館	43,996
46th	Daan	大安	43,056
47th	Hsinchu(TRA)	新竹(台鉄)	42,806
48th	Nanshijiao	南勢角	42,542
49th	Haishan	海山	41,993
50th	Dapinglin	大坪林	41,426
51st	Far Eastern Hospital	亜東医院	40,537

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