What will be found under Rome when the subway expands?

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It's complicated to expand Rome's subway underneath the Coliseum.

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LA Metro will have law enforcement onboard vehicles, and Pride Month kicks

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off with colorful transit vehicles.

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Welcome to your Transit Unplugged News Minute.

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In Rome, construction is underway to extend the Metro C subway line

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beneath some of its most historic landmarks, including the Coliseum

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all the way out to the Vatican.

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The chief engineer says it's one of the most complicated

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projects of its kind in the world.

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Los Angeles Metro in California is the latest transit agency to step up

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safety efforts for riders and operators.

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It's board approved funding for a surge of law enforcement to

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be on board trains and buses.

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And Pride Month has kicked off with colorful support from transit

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agencies, including Ontario Canada's MetroLynx, which recently debuted

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their custom wrapped double decker bus.

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And Chicago Transit Authority has painted its red line Pride Train,

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which features rainbow stripes that look like routes on transit maps.

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This Transit Unplugged News Minute is being brought to you by Modaxo, passionate

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about moving the world's people.

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I'm Julie Gates.