Transport workers in Italy have gone on strike, forcing the cancellation of thousands of bus, tram and subway lines and snarling traffic across the country.

Railway workers have been on a 24-hour strike since 9 p.m. Sunday. Local transport workers went on strike at 8:30 a.m. in Rome and 15 minutes later in Milan.

The railway company says some commuter trains will continue running. Labor unions says service will be guaranteed during the morning and evening rush hours.

The unions called the strikes to put pressure on upcoming contract renewal talks.

A man so fascinated with the city’s public transit system that he’s turned his life into a train wreck is in trouble again.

Darius McCollum, who became a New York sensation when he commandeered a subway at age 15, was arrested Saturday after police found him in a secure area of Manhattan’s Columbus Circle station wearing clothing that resembled a transit worker’s uniform.

The arrest marked the 23rd time the 43-year-old was arrested on charges of pretending to be a transit worker.

Over the years, he has donned MTA uniforms and cheerfully collected fares, cleared trash from tracks, put out underground fires.

But he’s also driven MTA buses and trains, including a time in 1981 when he made headlines as a teenager by taking the controls of a subway full of passengers and piloting it to the World Trade Center.

Hardly just a youthful prank, it was the first of many forbidden rides. By the mid-1990s, frustrated Transit Authority officials posted thousands of wanted posters in trains and stations so riders could report McCollum sightings. But most riders who ran into him found him simply friendly and helpful.

On Saturday, officers of the NYPD’s Transit Queens Task Force spotted McCollum as he entered a secure area. He was wearing a hardhat and the typical blue T-shirt and pants of track workers, and carried a flashlight and gloves with a Transit Authority logo.

Police said he also had “written material containing knowledge of the transit system.” McCollum was charged with criminal impersonation, criminal trespassing and criminal possession of burglar tools.

He was awaiting arraignment on Saturday. Calls to Manhattan Criminal Court went unanswered.

In a statement, the New York Transit Authority thanked the officers who made the arrest, saying, “It is not difficult to imagine how much harm could be caused by someone impersonating a New York City Transit worker.”

I was on the bus today and would like to share to you all about what I saw today. 2 kids are hanging on the ladder at the back of the bus, successfully dodging from conductors and they were hanging there for 3 stations!

You can see where they were hanging to in this picture I put here. By the way, just to make things clear, this is a Russian trolley bus.

And here is the picture of how these 2 kids were hanging there. And there is just a bit of space from the rear bumper for them to step on!

Here is the video I managed to take during this incidents. It happens quite often but I have to admit that this is the longest I have seen kids doing it and I think it is pretty cool. Lol. Well, they ran off when some drivers slow them and scolded them.

I was introduced here by Peanut and this post shall be dedicated to him =)

I think everybody smelt something each time they are in close contact with another person in a crowded space. A good example would be when you are travelling in the subway or the bus. The smell that I get today inside the bus was so unpleasant that I start to wonder what it is actually? Maybe they smell me too but I don’t smell myself?

I googled on body odor and found out that actually these kinds of smell comes from the smell of bacteria growing on the body! These bacteria multiply in the presence of sweat, but sweat itself is almost completely odorless.

So, during winter, the when people sweat inside the thick winter clothing, the smell of bacteria growing can’t be avoided. But here is some good solutions that I found online which I would like to share!

Even thou maybe you would think that you are smell-less but it is important to maintain a free from smell condition. If everybody pay a little bit of attention to this, commuting would be way more pleasant.

p/s: I’m refered here by Peanut.