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Thursday, 13 August 2015

So you think your rush hour is crazy ?Check out this countries and you will be thankful

Paulo Whitaker/ReutersThe Se Station, located in Sao Paulo, Brazil, sees approximately
1.5 million people a day.

For better or worse, humans are trading in grass and farms
for concrete and skyscrapers.

Nearly 80% of people in developed countries live in urban areas,
and why not? City life is chock-full of opportunities you could
never find in the suburbs or countryside, part of the reason
that 250 million people
are moving into Chinese cities alone.

But as a city grows, so does its dependence on things like buses
and high-speed rail — making for rush hours that will make
you grateful for your relatively sane commute.

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located in the northern Indian state of Uttar

Pradesh, the village of Khurja frequently sees

commuters and students alike piling onto

passenger buses.

Parivartan Sharma/Reuters

In Bangladesh, people are getting wealthier faster

than the country can expand its infrastructure.

The government in Dhaka, the capital city, plans

to begin construction on a rapid transit system by 2019.

In Bangladesh, people are getting wealthier faster than the country can expand its infrastructure. The government in Dhaka, the capital city, plans to begin construction on a rapid transit system by 2019.

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While heavily trafficked during the day,

Bogota's Transmilenio bus system is

seldom used at night. Recently, the

capital city was judged to have the most

unsafe public transit system out of 15 other

capitals and New York.

While heavily trafficked during the day, Bogota's Transmilenio bus system is seldom used at night. Recently, the capital city was judged to have the most unsafe public transit system out of 15 other capitals and New York.

Jose Gomez/Reuters

The Caracas Metro, in Venezuela, is the

fourth-largest rail line in Latin America, with

1.3 million people boarding trains daily.

Beatrice Murch/Flickr

Clapham Junction, London. Unlike its

world-renowned tube service, the city's

overground rail regularly exceeds its max

capacity by at least 40% during peak hours,

according to one report.

Clapham Junction, London. Unlike its world-renowned tube service, the city's overground rail regularly exceeds its max capacity by at least 40% during peak hours, according to one report.

Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Still, the sheer volume of passengers during

rush hour can overwhelm London's underground

system, too. The Tube serves an estimated

1.2 billion passengers a year.

Kevin Coombs/Reuters

In São Paulo, South America's largest city,

more than 1.5 million people use the trains

each day. The Se Metro station, pictured below,

is one of the city's busiest.

Paulo Whitaker/Reuters

Despite a population of 20 million, São Paulo's

metropolitan area has only 45 miles of

underground track.

Nacho Doce/Reuters

Ikebukuro station is part of the East Japan Railway

Company, the largest rail operator in the world.

Attendants patrolling the station must physically

push riders onto the trains to accommodate the traffic.

Ikebukuro station is part of the East Japan Railway Company, the largest rail operator in the world. Attendants patrolling the station must physically push riders onto the trains to accommodate the traffic.

Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

Rush hour in Beijing frequently features packed

corridors and long lines to board trains. In 2008,

foot traffic was even worse in preparation for the

Olympic Games.

Rush hour in Beijing frequently features packed corridors and long lines to board trains. In 2008, foot traffic was even worse in preparation for the Olympic Games.

Jason Lee/Reuters

This can result in horrible traffic jams and

wait times of three hours just to travel nine miles.