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The New York City Transportation system has a transportation system which includes one of the largest subway systems in the world; the world's first mechanically ventilated vehicular tunnel; and an aerial tramway. New York City is also home to an extensive bus system in each of the five boroughs; citywide and Staten Island ferry systems; and numerous yellow taxis and boro taxis throughout the city. Private cars are less used compared to other cities in the rest of the United States.

Within the New York City metropolitan area, the airport system—which includes John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport (located in New Jersey), Stewart Airport and a few smaller facilities—is one of the largest in the world. The Port of New York and New Jersey, which includes the waterways around New York City and its metropolitan area, is one of the busiest seaports in the United States. There are also three commuter rail systems, the PATH rapid transit system to New Jersey, and various ferries between Manhattan and New Jersey. Numerous separate bus systems also operate to Westchester County, Nassau County, and New Jersey. For private vehicles, a system of expressways and parkways connects New York City with its suburbs.

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Selected article The Jubilee line is a line on the London Underground, coloured silver grey on the Tube map. The line opened on 1 May 1979, taking over one of the Bakerloo line's two branches to relieve congestion on their common portion. The Baker Street to Stanmore branch was joined to a new four-kilometre segment into central London, terminating at a new station at Charing Cross. The new station was created by amalgamating Strand on the Northern line and Trafalgar Square on the Bakerloo. The new line was to have been called the Fleet Line after the River Fleet, but the project was renamed for Queen Elizabeth II's 1977 Silver Jubilee and because the original plans to go east towards Fleet Street had been postponed. The eastward extension was eventually cancelled and a revised route south running south of the River Thames via Waterloo and London Bridge was planned to take the line to the London Docklands, Canary Wharf and Stratford. The Jubilee Line Extension branched from the original line south of Green Park Underground station and opened in sections during 1999. The Jubilee line platforms at Charing Cross were closed when the final section opened. Read more... All selected articles Selected biography Leslie Green (6 January 1875—31 August 1908) was an English architect known for his design of iconic stations constructed on the London Underground railway system in central London during the first decade of the 20th century. In 1903 he was appointed as Architect for the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) to design stations for three underground railway lines then under construction — the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway and the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway, which, respectively, became parts of the present day Piccadilly line, Bakerloo line and Northern line. The station buildings were designed to a uniform Arts and Crafts style which was adapted to suit the individual station location and were clad in non-loadbearing ox-blood red glazed terracotta blocks, with the ground floor divided into wide bays by columns and featured large semi-circular windows at first floor level and a heavy dentilated cornice above. The railways were to open in 1906 and 1907 and the pressure of producing designs and supervising the works to so many stations in such a short period of time, placed a strain on Green's health. He was elected a Fellow of the RIBA in 1907. but died in 1908 at the age of 33. (Full article...) All Selected biographies

Selected pictures London Overground Class 378 train on the East London Line in Hoxton. View of Old London Bridge, circa 1632 by Claude de Jongh. The south façade of King's Cross railway station London terminus of the East Coast Main Line. Archer statue by Eric Aumonier at East Finchley Underground station. TX4 London Taxi at Heathrow Airport. The western departures concourse of King's Cross railway station. Early style tube roundel in mosaic at Maida Vale Underground station. Rail, road and river traffic, seen from the London Eye. The multi-level junction between the M23 and M25 motorways near Merstham in Surrey. The M23 passes over the M25 with bridges carrying interchange slip roads for the two motorways in between. Preserved AEC Routemaster coaches in London Transport Green Line livery. The original Hampton Court Bridge in 1753, the first of four on the site. 55 Broadway, headquarters of the UERL and its successors, is a Grade I listed building in Westminster designed by Charles Holden. Vauxhall Bridge across the River Thames opened in 1906 and features sculptures by F. W. Pomeroy. Camden Lock or Hampstead Road Lock in Camden Town, north London is the only twin lock on the Regents Canal. Helicopter landing at London Heliport, a jetty constructed in the River Thames in Battersea. London Underground Battery-electric locomotive L16 designed to operate over tracks where the traction current is turned off for maintenance work. London General Omnibus Company B-type bus B340 built in 1911 by AEC. One of a number of London buses purchased by the British military during World War I, this vehicle was operated on the Western Front. London Underground A60 Stock (left) and 1938 Stock (right) trains showing the difference in the sizes of the two types of rolling stock operated on the system. A60 stock trains operated on the surface and sub-surface sections of the Metropolitan line from 1961 to 2012 and 1938 Stock operated on various deep level tube lines from 1938 to 1988. Eurostar Class 373 trains at St Pancras station. Central London Railway poster, published in 1905. Albert Bridge, opened in 1873, crosses the River Thames between Chelsea and Battersea. Southern approach to the Rotherhithe Tunnel that runs under the River Thames in east London between Rotherhithe and Limehouse. Ruislip Lido Railway's 12-inch (300 mm) gauge locomotive "Mad Bess" hauling a passenger train. Woolwich Ferry boats "John Burns" and "James Newman" on the River Thames, 2012. Stockwell bus garage, Stockwell, a Grade II* listed building. The New Routemaster built by Wrightbus has three entrances, two staircases and is designed to be reminiscent of the Routemaster. Victoria line 2009 Stock train at Euston. An air raid shelter in a London Underground station during The Blitz. Hornsey Lane Bridge, Archway, more commonly known as "Suicide Bridge". Shaftesbury Avenue from Piccadilly Circus, in the West End of London, 1949. Tower bridge; a bascule bridge across the River Thames. Sailing ships at West India Docks on the Isle of Dogs in 1810. The docks opened in 1802 and closed in 1980 and have since been redeveloped as the Canary Wharf development. Planes waiting at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 4. The Circle routes of Victorian London, comprising the Inner Circle, Middle Circle, Outer Circle and Super Outer Circle. Day (left) and Night (right) sculptures by Sir Jacob Epstein on the London Underground's headquarters at 55 Broadway. Hammersmith Bridge, opened in 1887, crosses the River Thames in west London. A tram of the London United Tramways at Boston Road, Hanwell, circa 1910. "Boris Bikes" from the Santander Cycles hire scheme waiting for use at a docking station in Victoria. Escalators at Westminster Underground station descend between beams and columns of the station box to reach the deep-level Jubilee line platforms. Clapham Common Underground station north and south-bound platforms on the Northern line. Original stations on the Metropolitan Railway from The Illustrated London News, 27 December 1862. Gondolas of the Emirates Air Line cable car cross the River Thames from Greenwich Peninsula to Royal Docks. Duck tour converted DUKW amphibious vehicle exiting the River Thames. Tram 2548 calls at Arena tram stop. This is one of the trams on the Tramlink network centred on Croydon in south London. The newly constructed junction of the Westway (A40) and the West Cross Route (A3220) at White City, circa 1970. Continuation of the West Cross Route northwards under the roundabout was cancelled leaving two short unused stubs for the slip roads that would have been provided for traffic joining or leaving the northern section. A Hansom cab at Somerset House. Qantas Boeing 747-400 about to land at Heathrow Airport, seen beyond the roofs of Myrtle Avenue, Hounslow. Thames Clippers service catamaran on the River Thames. Arguably the best-preserved disused station building in London, this is the former Alexandra Palace station on the GNR Highgate branch (closed in 1954). It is now in use as a community centre (CUFOS). All Selected pictures In the news Did you know...

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