The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Travelers on Guadalajara’s Tren Ligero (subway) network are now able to travel on the trains with their bicycles on weekdays and Saturdays – albeit only at certain hours of the day – and also leave them padlocked at cycle ports recently installed at all the stations.
Owners of Guadalajara’s 180 “luxury” city buses have been told to lower their fares from 12 to seven pesos for the next two months because they do not provide the services advertised. The “de lujo” buses operate on five routes throughout the metropolitan area.
Luxury buses are obliged to offer air conditioning, televisions and soft seating, and are prohibited from taking on standing passengers.
Within the next 60 days, each company will have to demonstrate that 100 percent of the buses on their route offer the advertised services before they will again be able to charge 12 pesos.
Locals and visitors may soon be able to enjoy a coffee or drink while taking in the fine views from the top of the emblematic city arches (Arcos de Guadalajara) on Avenida Vallarta.
Discount airline Volaris has announced the launch of a service between Guadalajara and Austin, Texas starting August 7.
An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter Scale shook the metropolitan area of Guadalajara Wednesday afternoon, sending citizens running from their homes and workplaces.
The arithmetical abilities of Olga Medrano Martín del Campo have made her a star at the tender age of 17.
A Zapopan bike route has gained infamy as a “path of terror” because Zapopan government refuses to perform much needed maintenance work.
Students of etymology – the study of historical change as applied to individual words – are frequently enchanted by the wealth of indigenous Mexican words that have infiltrated the Castilian tongue.
A proposed 800 meter-long bridge that would surround Lopez Mateos and Periferico has been described as “unusable” by Ricardo Alcocer Vallarta, a representative of the metropolitan citizen’s council.
