It was 23 years in the making, but the Kazakhstan's Almaty Metro is gorgeous. It's only been open a month, but for the sake of the Kazakhstan's passengers, one can only hope it stay as gorgeous - and clean.
Hat tip to Nate.
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And it has been 40 years according to Emanuel, and the Red Line south of 95th still doesn't look like that. Then Pres. Obama said something in the State of the Union last night about doing away with the red tape that prevents infrastructure projects from being built, but the only person working on the north end of the Red Line is a consultant. Mentioning the middle of that line, while the Soviets were building the Kazakhstan system for 23 years, I wonder if they had to rebuild the track every 3 or 4. The Dan Ryan segment is supposed to be rebuilt using state money, but Madigan says that because video poker isn't up and running, the state money isn't there.
The Gizmodo doesn't have pictures of the car interiors, so one can't tell if they regressed to the 60s styling and features of the 5000s, not to mention the QC problems.
Thus, if that's a third world country, one has to wonder how this one ranks, transportation infrastructure wise. Maybe they have more potholes than Chicago, but I doubt it. Maybe as many asphalt plutocrats, though.
Everything is so shiny!
Unfortunately, the web doesn't provide smellovision, so we can't determine whether it has "that new car smell" or smells like the typical U.S. subway.
Looks like a contemporary take on the subways of Moscow... which are drop dead gorgeous and always in sparkling condition.
I also thought it looked influenced by Moscow.
Probably, given the chandeliers in picture 3. Maybe not quite as ostentatious or baroque, but use Google Images to search for Moscow subway chandeliers.
Getting to today's topic, they probably don't let Borat ride it either.