The St. Petersburg Metro

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The paper examines the St. Petersburg metro system that is used extensively as people's primary means of travel throughout the city. The paper discusses how the St. Petersburg Metro exemplifies the importance of rail travel within a metropolitan area. The paper focuses on an article by Irina Titova titled "City Subway Meets only Half Demand" that further demonstrates the necessity of the St. Petersburg Metro in moving people around the city.

From the Paper:

"Rail travel is of incredible importance in today's world. Around for 200 years, recent 20th century develops have contributed to this importance as in numerous metropolitan areas throughout the world, travel on high speed railways are critical to functioning. Contributing greatly to urbanization and increased growth of existing metropolitan areas, urban metro or subway systems are preferable means of transportation. Recognized for their convenience, energy efficiency, safety, and low cost (even self sustaining financially at times), railways within metropolitan cities will continue to be of great importance to transporting people (Japan Fact Sheet)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bennett, Philip. "The Daily Drama of St. Petersburg." The Boston Globe [Boston] 8 Aug 1993: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ .
• Japan Fact Sheet. "Railways." Web Japan. 10 Mar 2007. < http://web-japan.org/factsheet/pdf/TRANSPOR.PDF >
• Titova, Irina. "City Subway Meets only Half Demand." The St. Peterburg Times [St. Petersburg, Russia] 11 May 2004: http://www.sptimes.ru/ .

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