“An advanced city is not one where the poor own a car, but where the rich use public transport.” - Enrique Peñalosa, former Mayor of megacity Bogota, Columbia / Mass transit solutions have an increasingly vital role to play in our cities. As operators grapple with rapidly changing urban demographics, Colin Scott, Technical Director for Alstom’s Urban Rolling Stock Platform, explains why Alstom’s metro solutions need to strike a balance between standardised products and customised solutions. (....)