General News
Traffic survey highlights many concerns
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- Published on Friday, 31 May 2013 13:15
- Written by Michael Forbes
Just over 85 percent of respondents to a recent survey of metro area residents said they would take advantage of car parks installed at transportation hubs around the city (in particular Tren Ligero terminals).
City subway line to be extended
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- Published on Friday, 31 May 2013 13:15
- Written by Michael Forbes
Line One of the city’s light train/subway network (Tren Ligero) is to receive a substantial overhaul to the tune of 1.3 billion pesos.
Abolish horse-drawn carriages, activists urge
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- Published on Friday, 31 May 2013 13:04
- Written by Michael Forbes
Animal rights groups say the time has come to end the tradition of horse-drawn calandrias (carriages) that take tourists around the streets of downtown Guadalajara.
City airport's terminals to unite
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- Published on Friday, 31 May 2013 13:11
- Written by Michael Forbes
The operators of the Guadalajara Airport have announced plans to join the facility’s two terminals.
City cops prepare to work ‘under protest’
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- Published on Friday, 31 May 2013 12:59
- Written by Michael Forbes
A group of unidentified Guadalajara municipal police officers say they will work “under protest” from June 4 because the city’s mayor and police chief have failed to listen to their gripes.
Bugambilias residents up in arms over development plan
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- Published on Friday, 31 May 2013 13:10
- Written by Michael Forbes
Residents of Ciudad Bugamibilias are furious at plans to build a commercial zone at the entrance to their subdivision that would uproot around 1,000 adult trees.
Seized stolen car parts on view to all
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- Published on Friday, 31 May 2013 12:43
- Written by Michael Forbes
After seizing hundreds of stolen car parts in a raid this week, Jalisco’s Fiscalia General is asking citizens to come in and identify them.
Metro area needs more churches, archbishop says
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- Published on Friday, 31 May 2013 13:07
- Written by Michael Forbes
There are insufficient Catholic churches to serve the faithful in the burgeoning suburbs of metro area Guadalajara, according to Cardinal Francisco Robles, the city’s archbishop.
New x-ray machines may reduce airport lines
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- Published on Friday, 24 May 2013 16:19
- Written by Michael Forbes
Checking in for most flights at the Guadalajara Airport should be quicker thanks to newly installed x-ray machines that have replaced manual luggage checks.