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SNCF, the group that manages the French railways has put together a short video showing then and now on what the French railways used to look like and what they look like today. The trains in the video just look so modern and comfortable compared to the trains that Amtrak uses here.

The video is only two minutes long but the synchronized trains at the end is well worth the view.

I really have no words for the video below. The kid dug a hole in the tracks and went into the hole and allowed a fast moving train to run over him. I wonder if the kids would have been laughing if the train sliced the kid in half or crushed him. The whole group gets my "transit idiot of the year" award.

The problem with these videos is that they will only get worse and worse. There is a lot of cursing in the video and you should absolutely, never try this.

If you are a regular here at InsideTransit, you know we bring you excellent videos like the talking pencil in the Berlin U-Bahn. I'll be honest here, tonight's video might be the most boring bus video you will ever watch. No seriously, it really is just that boring. It's someone sitting at the back of a new bus in NYC and they film the bus on a ride for a few stops. The only excitement in the video is when the bus stops and the light pops on at the rear door. Enjoy!

In our quest here at InsideTransit to bring you nothing but the best quality transit videos from around the world, may I present to you... the talking pencil. No serious, I am not kidding, this is no rickroll. I've got to believe that if a talking pencil showed up in the NYC subway, it wouldn't last very long.

In this first video, the pencil talks to a woman who just moved to Berlin -- this video is in English:

Here we see the pencil speaking to an older woman -- this video is in German but just as much fun!

NYC commuter Austin LaGrone explains regarding traveling on the L train from Brooklyn to Manhattan, "if I were inclined towards suicide, those would be the moments when I'd ponder it the most". Here's a video from intothebox.tv describing what it's like to ride the L train during rush hour. Considering that the station the reporter is at is the FIRST station from Manhattan, these people need to stop moaning. I am sure if you head out on the Queens Blvd. line or out to Coney Island, then you can start bitching.

I am not sure how different cities pick which type of bus will be best for its citizens. But we now know how London picks their top bus type. Check out the video below for specific details. The tested buses include two bendy, one double-decker, one short and one normal single bus. After watching this video, I feel even more safe on London transport - in fact, I wonder how they select their tube carriages!

This one comes out of Roosevelt Island which is this tiny island to the east of Manhattan. They have a train station on the island and a very, very long escalator ride to reach the platform. Apparently the escalators now talk to you as you ride on them. Enjoy...

Here's one straight out of Atlanta. This woman apparently forgot to stop by CVS to pick up her pills before she got on MARTA. I miss riding the MARTA system - I can assure you this type of behavior wasn't normal. The subtitles are funny even if they are wrong.

If you've ever wondered what the Paris Metro looks like during rush hour, check out the video below. It's in real time and is from Line 1 at the La Défense terminal. Trains arrive every minute and are completely packed.

Apparently everyday, 60,000 people use the metro line 1, 150,000 use the RER A, 60,000 use the transillien suburban train and 35,000 use the T2 light rail.

Here's an excerpt from a longer public broadcasting show about the building of the NYC subway system. One of the early questions was.... would they ride!