IPSE DIXIT TURIN UNDERGROUND TURIN’S UNDERGROUND AND THE PIVOTAL MONTH THAT WOULD DETERMINE ITS FATE She has come of age, yet remains unparalleled. “Eighteen years after its inauguration, Turin’s futuristic subway—Italy’s first fully automated system—remains unique in using the VAL (Light Automated Vehicle) technology for urban transport.” A true breath of fresh air for a city that had been waiting for a subway for nearly a century. However, the launch raised some concerns: just a few months after its debut, opposition figures in the City Council criticized the project due to lower-than-expected user numbers. However, the anticipated target of 40,000 daily passengers was achieved as early as the following month, (Source: The Press) it’s doubled within two years. «It is unacceptable that the public should bear such a cost for only 22,700 daily users. We demand an urgent hearing with the top management of GTT, the company responsible for building and operating the subway.» Agostino Ghiglia, group leader of AN. to the City of Turin. From “Dear Subway You Ruin Us.” La Stampa, September 12, 2006 The goal of 40,000 daily users was achieved just one month after the inauguration. It’s the only one in Italy to use the system of “road transport.” IN SHORT Name: Turin Underground Location: Italy/Torino Start date: 2000 Inauguration year: 2006 Criticisms: Few users in the initial months Results: Two years following the official opening the expected number of users had almost doubled THE BENEFITS OF A GREAT WORK SOURCES LA STAMPA https://web.archive.org/ web/20090912063435/http://archivio. lastampa.it/LaStampaArchivio/ main/History/tmpl_viewObj. jsp?objid=7253038 https://www.lastampa.it/ torino/2006/09/12/news/carissimometro-ci-rovini-1.37147530/ Source: Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons. Attribution: Di Incola - Own Work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28895823
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