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In total, the network is 80.1 km (49.8 mi) long and has 64 stations, [1] with 1.5 km (0.9 mi) average distance between stops. It is one of the fastest ways to get around the city. The oldest metro line is M1, which was opened in 1979. [2] The newest metro line is M5, which was opened in 2020. [3]
The Bucharest Metro (Romanian: Metroul din București) is an underground rapid transit system that serves Bucharest, the capital of Romania.It first opened for service on 16 November 1979. [5]
1 gal-US (3.785 L, 0.833 gal-imp) of fuel can move a ton of cargo 857 km or 462 nmi by barge, or 337 km (209 mi) by rail, or 98 km (61 mi) by lorry. [142] Compare: Space Shuttle used to transport freight to the other side of the Earth (see above): 40 megajoules per tonne-kilometre. Net energy for lifting: 10 megajoules per tonne-kilometre.
Societatea de Transport București (STB; English: Bucharest Transport Company) is the main public transit operator in Bucharest, Romania, owned by the Municipality of Bucharest. From 1990 to 2018, the company had a different legal status and was known as the Regia Autonomă de Transport București ( RATB ).
This section of the motorway is fully operational and is composed of two segments: Bucharest – Pitești and Pitești bypass. The Bucharest – Pitești segment (95.9 km) is the first motorway class road built in Romania and remained the only one for more than 15 years, until the completion of the Fetești – Cernavodă segment on the A2 motorway in 1987.
Regular service on the Sibiu–Rășinari tramway ceased on 28 February 2011, [4] and very limited operation that took place later – mainly only for visiting tourist groups – ended in 2012. [ 5 ] Tursib's service area covers 120 square kilometres (46 sq mi), and the fleet of 100 buses and three minibuses serves 21 routes.
With a population of 393,226 people based on a July 2005 estimate, Sector 3 is the most populous sector in Bucharest. According to the 2002 census, 97.29% of the sector's population is Romanian, while 1.31% are Romani, 0.29% are Hungarian, and 0.15% are Turkish. In terms of gender, 53.6% of the population is female, while 46.4% is male.
A European study of nearly 2000 participants showed that an average person cycling 1 trip/day more and driving 1 trip/day less for 200 days a year would decrease mobility-related lifecycle CO 2 emissions by about 0.5 tonnes over a year, representing a substantial share of average per capita CO 2 emissions from transport (which are about 1.5 to ...