Magnitude 7.4 earthquake hits Zerephine City area, Mount Edohanesse eruption imminent

BREAKING NEWS – Zerephine City (Sakura News Center, EYIN-TV) – Residents in Zerephine City in Belphenia woke up to a powerful jolt Thursday morning at 2:09am Zerephine Summer Time (2:39am EBST), it was a strong earthquake rattled the Zerephine City Metropolitan Area overnight.

There were reports of power outages, and damage to small buildings and injuries in the Zerephine City area and surrounding suburbs according to Mermaid Tail and local authorities. In the city of Edohanesse, there were reports of an explosion from a nearby underground gas main that local residents were ordered to evacuate the area. In downtown Zerephine City, tall buildings and skyscrapers swayed 45 miles southwest from the quake’s epicenter.

The Belphenia Geological Agency said the tremor was a magnitude 7.4 and its epicenter was located three miles south of Nerespell, Zerephine Prefecture, in the state of Shirahoshi. The agency also said that Mount Edohanesse in northwestern New Eriwynne may likely to erupt.

Zerie Ellenal, Mermaid Tail’s guild master, declared a state of emergency for the entire Zerephine City Metropolitan Area and ordered an evacuation for the entire city as a precaution. But local law enforcement agencies in Drevet and Nefertiri and other towns surrounding the volcano feared that the eruption of Mount Edohanesse is imminent, they ordered residents to evacuate immediately.

Naoko Takashima, a geologist from the Belphenia Geological Agency, said that the tremor was also felt in Erzanna Prefecture and the states of Sakura, the Seralia Division, and the Scarlet Heart Division.

Freedemia makes sale and manufacture of tobacco, alcohol products illegal, consumption and possession to remain legal for those over 25

QUENTINSBURGH- A victory for anti-tobacco and anti-alcohol groups came from the Freedemian National Legislature today, as President Rosenthal signed into law a bill known as Nicole’s Law. The law officially bans the sale and manufacture of alcohol and tobacco products within Freedemia, a huge strike against companies domestic and international (but mostly international as only one alcohol company and no tobacco companies exist in the nation). The ban also bans internet sales of these products to anyone within the country.

The law, in hopes of not creating a full prohibition, which has failed in some other nations, leaves consumption and possession of said products legal for those over the age of 25. Legislators expressed hope that the inability to manufacture and the difficulty of purchase will end the very little tobacco and alcohol use that remains in Freedemia, without the need to make consumption itself illegal.

While less than 1% of Freedemians have ever consumed alcohol or tobacco, the Freedemian government has been trying to end that little usage for two decades, creating large incentives to companies that stopped selling or refused to sell alcoholic and tobacco products and large fines to those that continued to sell them. However, this was the first time sales have ever been explicitly banned.

The law was named Nicole’s Law, after a teenage girl who developed cancer after she had been peer pressured into smoking in 2003 and become addicted. She died earlier this year.

“Companies manufacturing and even those just selling these deadly products have been making money off of hurting our people’s health. It’s time it stops. Today marks the drawing of a clear, solid line. Today we tell them no, that our health and well being is more important than their greed and profits,” President Angela Rosenthal stated, shortly after signing the bill into law.

The new law has support of around 71% of the nation according to a recent poll.

Woolonian Rebel Attack in Ewes; explosions destroy part of Cross Ewes Expressway/Alpacatown Freeway, poison dart attack in nearby subway station

BREAKING NEWS- EWES, WOOLPORT- An attack significantly larger than the roadblock explosion in Pastureville earlier this week and the most high scale attack since the May attack killing five high ranking government officials and a reporter occurred tonight. A multifaceted attack occurred in southern Ewes earlier tonight, with explosions taking out a major bridge on the Alpacatown Expressway that collapsed onto the Cross Ewes Expressway and a bia bia poison dart attack in the nearby Woolhaven subway station. The borough of Ewes is on high alert, and the metro system, motorway A-1 and large sections of A-8 and 8B are all shut down until further notice.

An estimated 23 people died at the scene of the bridge collapse, most of which were on the bridge when it collapsed, while a couple died from getting crushed by falling cars and debris. About 8 people died in the poison dart shooting in the Woolhaven subway station. The men and woman responsible for the subway attack were apprehended shortly after the attack; however those responsible for the bridge explosion are still at large.

The portion of expressway that was blown up was actually a major exit connecting Highway 8B with the Alpacatown Expressway/A-8. The actual Alpacatown Expressway at that point goes through a tunnel, which was not damaged. However, the tunnel has been shut down out of concern that other explosives could be in the tunnel. Squads are checking at this moment to check the safety of the tunnel. The Cross Ewes Expressway is completely blocked at the junction, and is closed in all directions for a large distance.

President Ferdinand Sealy and Woolport Mayor Michael Segaset spoke together to the city shortly after at a press conference in downtown Ewes.

“Tonight, the Woolonian Traditionalist Rebels staged the largest attack on civilians since the Woolonian Civil War. They have crossed a line. It is one thing to attack a government. It is another to attack completely innocent individuals. This did not reflect the goals of the WTR, claiming that their only anger was against the modern Woolonian government. They’ve gone too far.”

Shortly after, a statement from the WTR came saying “Mr. uneducated Sealy. We were not the planners nor perpetrators of this attack. We would have targeted something or someone closer related to the Woolonian government, as you said. This was done by our allies, Sheep in Wolves’ Clothing, who tend to be… less…patient and understanding than us. However, the time had come for action on our end. Perhaps now you will take us and our purpose more seriously.”

Current information does back up that assertion. While the attacks in Pastureville were clearly done by the WTR and the attack killing Gerald Astern and others in May were as well, the attacks in Freedemia and tonight’s attack appear to have been the work of Sheep in Wolves’ Clothing. This, however, is the first time evidence shows the group’s are working together.

More information will come in as received. PWN is dedicated to bringing the most up-to-date accurate news.

Freedemia’s President Rosenthal speaks candidly about Woolonian Crisis

QUENTINSBURGH- PWN’s Progress World Nightly News was able to get an interview with President Angela Rosenthal addressing the Woolonian Crisis. Gina Franklin reporting.

I first asked Madame President for a brief summary of the situation and how Freedemia became involved.

“So, as most Freedemians already know, we have more recently become very close allies with Woolonia, a major country in Antarephia known for their sheep industry, shepherding, and sheep based heritage. Our economic and political ties have propelled both our nations forward, and I’ve been able to work very closely with Ferdinand Sealy, Woolonia’s president, to make progress. The complicated factor is that we also signed a military alliance. Freedemia is currently Woolonia’s only military ally, and Woolonia our only military ally, which puts us in a weird spot because we’re a pacifist society.”

I also asked Madame President about her thoughts on calls for President Ferdinand Sealy’s resignation in Woolonia.

“That’s honestly a hard one. I have had nothing but good experiences with President Sealy, and I feel changes in leadership at a time like this could be for better or for worse, but just, I don’t think it’s worth risking being without good leadership at a time like this. President Sealy could do better, but I don’t think resigning is the answer.”

President Rosenthal was very candid on the prospect of a Second Woolonian Civil War.

“I don’t regret supporting Woolonia at all. They have proven to be a very trusted ally in everything from the economy to tourism. But, honestly, I’m extremely scared that this is snowballing into an actual war. And due to our military alliances with Woolonia, if said war happens, we could be pulled into war for the first time in our nation’s almost three century history.”

I asked President Rosenthal if there had been any talks of cutting the military alliance before things escalated further.

“Technically, yes, there have been. But each time there’s been consensus. We made an agreement with Woolonia, founded on mutual trust and understanding. To wait until they’re about to go to war to cut military ties would be a severe slap in the face to our closest ally. We can’t betray them like that. It would literally be like leaving a friend when they need you most. We don’t want to lose our strongest ally, and responding by cutting ties could in the long run be more disastrous for our country than the alliance itself.”

I then asked if she regretted entering into the military alliance to begin with, and pointed out that she had gone ahead with it back in 2014 when most of the nation was against it. Her answer was a bit more… politician-style than her other statements.

“I… do believe perhaps it was an ill-advised decision.”

I then pointed out that former VP Tom Morganson and former VP candidate Marco Nelson were all strongly against any and all military alliances and that VP Patrick Houser had thought the alliance was a bad idea, to which the president declined to respond.

President Sealy addresses calls for resignation, warns against internal division

WOOLPORT- Woolonia’s President Ferdinand Sealy addressed the public today, responding to calls for his resignation. Protesters have been saying that Sealy’s lackluster weak attempts to stop the Woolonian Traditionalist Rebels have put the nation in extreme risk. Sealy made it clear that he does not plan to step down and warned against internal division in a time of crisis. Here’s the bulk of his speech.

“Woolonia, I understand your pain. Honestly, when the news came in about Operation Good Wolf failing, I almost did want to resign myself, even before the pushing by protesters. It hurts when you know that the failure of you and those around you may have risked and even lost irreplaceable lives. I was not a good shepherd. I took a leap that I thought would be for your protection, but I lost precious sheep along the way. And for this I am immensely sorry.”

“However, I soon came to my senses. It is too much of a risk to be divided in this time of crisis. I believe most of the Woolonian Parliament, from all parties, understand this. When we passed the CADATT (Cross Party Alliance in Defense Against Traditionalist Terrorism) Act, we as politicians agreed to put parties and politics aside to work together to stop the WTR, as one unit, one nation. I’m asking you, the public, to do the same.”

“Changing leadership in a time of crisis only provides more opportunity for the WTR and more vulnerability for our dear country. Friends, if I truly believed that stepping down would help us, I would. But this is not the solution. Quite frankly, it’s not even the problem. Please. I implore you, don’t be distracted by the politics, the outrage, the disappointment. This isn’t the solution to the crisis we’re facing.”

“We, as a Woolonian government, have created a new intelligence task force, we are doing more research into how to responsibly take action, and we are working hard to prepare for the next step. But at this moment, I have no plans to step down. I will spend every waking moment on the job, working to defend and protect you. Us. Our nation. Thank you.”

Victory for Animal Rights: Zoos forbidden in all over Neo Delta

MALOJDEH – More than two decades after the government listened to the protests of the population of Neo Delta and closed its last zoo, the country has now made it official: zoos are forbidden anywhere within the nation. Activists have argued that the end of zoos is an important step to end humanity’s dominion over all other creatures.

Penguins in Frago, south Neo Delta. Source: Pixabay.

In a recent interview, the Minister of the Environment, Arta Luje-Oteh has said that “a country shouldn’t want animals in captivity or enclosed in any manner unless it is to save their lives and help endangered species” and she explained that people must fight for animal rights the same way we fight for human rights.

When the last zoo was closed, back in 1988, captive animals that couldn’t be released into the wild were cared for in rescue centers and sanctuaries throughout Neo Delta.

QUARTA rolls out QTransit App, featuring trip planning, transit GPS, maps, etc

QUENTINSBURGH- On Friday QUARTA, Quentinsburgh’s public transit authority, released a new app for passengers called the QTransit App. It is already being hailed as one of the most advanced transit authority apps in the world.

The app boasts a huge number of features, including maps and schedules for every route and the entire system, a transit GPS and trip planner powered by StepMaps (Stepstone Technology), transit news updates, and live updating information about nearby destinations. (Payment for fares and digital passes were considered as additional features, but were decided against.)

The most basic feature is simply that riders can now have route maps and schedules at their fingertips. Unlike many other apps, the digital maps are interactive, and real-time arrival can be pulled up for any route or QUARTA service, including bus, metro, commuter rail, trolley, and more (basically just excluding QCycle Bikeshare, as bikes are not wired with real time GPS).

The app also provides easy free digital access to the QRider newsletter and transit news updates from the newly created QUARTANews (which will also go live at the new site quartanews.fr). Users will be able to even set the app to get live notifications about service changes and transit news, accirding to their personal preference.

However, the two most prominent features being praised are the live transit GPS and the StripMapLive nearby destination feature.

The QTransitGPS, powered by StepMaps, is basically a StepMaps or Glofish Maps dedicated to public transit. Riders can either put in a starting destination or use location services on their device and get a multitude of convenient public transportation options. Riders can put in preferences, such as “local bus only”, “bus and metro”, or “fastest possible trip”. Like a regular GPS, it will give multiple possible routes, and can recalculate if the passenger needs to change their route. The app will even show you how to get to the nearest bikeshare location to get to a destination not served by transit, or give you information about intercity rail or bus if you need to go somewhere outside of the QUARTA service area. The app proves especially helpful for finding the nearest bus stop or metro station.

However, perhaps even more impressive is the StripMapLive feature. Also powered by StepMaps, the feature uses location services to figure out where the passenger is, and then shows details about where they are; what features that station, bus stop, or area has; and show nearby destinations. StripMapLive shows details that would never be able to fit on a normal paper map, or even a regular digital map, such as restrooms in metro stations, whether stations have elevators in addition to the the regular ramps, and where a passenger could get off and get a bite to eat along their route. It also conveniently shows transfers, and can send notifications to the passenger when they’ve arrived at their stop.

“StripMapLive takes the concept of the strip map to a whole new level,” head developer Gracie Fletcher told PWN. “It goes beyond just telling you a list of stops. For the first time you can get a strip map for any route in the system, even a local bus, and even find out what’s along the route.”

The original app, the QRider app, only had PDF versions of the system and route maps, trip planning and real time tracking. These new features make the QTransit App much more revolutionary.

QUARTA also plans to launch some of these features, especially the QTransitGPS, online as well, as part of a website revamp currently in progress.

StepMaps and the designers of the QTransit app hope to create similar apps for other Freedemian cities with rapid transit. Laneston/Vandover and the VAULT system are expected to get a similar app in the next few months, as well as Personsboro/Leonard’s PLATA system, and Graham City is getting a beta version until at least the core if the new BRT system being built in place of demolished subway lines. Graham City’s transit will be getting a total revamp and rebranding upon the completion of the first two BRT lines under construction..

As of right now, the app is available for StepStone devices, Megamer GamePhones, Zenergy devices and Saehan Group devices. QUARTA plans to expand the app to other operating systems in coming months.

Operation Good Wolf unsuccessful; 3 killed, 9 injured in WTR attack on Pastureville roadblock; Protesters call for President Sealy’s resignation

SABARA, WOOLONIA- Woolonia’s first major attempt to destroy Traditionalist Rebel strongholds has failed, President Sealy announced to the public on Wednesday. Operation Good Wolf, meant to take back areas home to Woolonian Traditionalist Rebel strongholds and take WTR leaders captive, actually lost some ground to the rebels towards Pastureville.

Strikes on major strongholds failed, two smaller areas successfully taken

Targeted strikes on the main known strongholds failed, gaining no ground against the rebels, who were prepared for such an attack and pushed back stronger than expected. It became clear during the strikes that the rebels, originally thought to simply have traditional weapons, have explosives as well motorized automatic poison dart guns with the same deadly bia bia poison that were used in much smaller attacks. Luckily, only about sixteen soldiers were injured, primarily by the explosions. One soldier, sadly, Private Franklin Gerald, died when a bia bia poison dart pierced his uniform and protective gear. It also appeared that even the largest known strongholds were not the main headquarters of the WTR, just “substations” of sorts.

Two known smaller strongholds near the rebels’ main area of control near Sabara were successfully taken back. One was of some value, as it acted as an important link in the bia bia poison supply. Some units of Woolonian troops attempting to disrupt the supply chain are now using the stronghold as a center of operations. However, they are now surrounded by rebel-controlled land, and soldiers there are on high alert to be prepared for any additional attacks the rebels may make to try and take the areas back.

Pastureville Roadblock ambushed, 3 killed, 9 wounded, WTR gains access to rural eastern Pastureville

Woolonian Traditionalist Rebels staged an attack on one of the roadblocks meant to keep any rebels from gaining access to the city of Pastureville earlier this week, during the commotion of Operation Good Wolf. Around 11:25pm on Tuesday, a heavily guarded roadblock was attacked. Rebels, in rugged four wheeler vehicles, came speeding at the roadblock, shooting poison darts. One man and one woman were hit and killed by the darts, another man was barely scraped by it, and is expected to be okay. The third death and the other 8 injuries came when the rebels then drove full speed through the small crowd of military personnel guarding the roadblock.

Rebels have only gone as far as the eastern fields of the rural area just outside of Pastureville, but residents of all parts of the city are being told to stay on high alert and to stay in their homes if at all possible. A new more secure roadblock is being set up closer into town to try and prevent the WTR from getting into the city.

President Sealy expresses sorrow over the occurrence, hope that more will be done with newly learned information

President Ferdinand Sealy addressed Woolonia Wednesday after the attacks, explaining the overall failure of Operation Good Wolf and expressing sorrow for those injured and the three killed in the roadblock ambush. However, he also seemed hopeful that the military now knew enough to strike back harder.

“We now know how they operate. We were not prepared for this kind of attack, with the roadblock. The issue is we’ve been treating this like the individual attacks. They are treating it like a military rebellion. It appears that these are tactics much more similar to those used in the Woolonian Civil War, and we will have to fight back as such. It may not look like it, but Operation Good Wolf was successful, not as a military take back, but as an intelligence mission. We have the information from this attack to understand how to undo their entire operation. We will fight back, and we will win.”

Fact checkers were quick to point out that while the information gathered was very valuable, it was nowhere near enough to take down the rebels completely, considering the fact that the military still has no information on where the main strongholds and centers of operations are.

While there has not been a formal declaration of war, it does appear that this could be developing into the second Woolonian Civil War.

Protesters begin calling for President Sealy’s resignation, saying he hasn’t done enough to protect their country, fight off rebels

Protesters gathered outside the national government buildings in Woolport and New Wooley shortly after President Sealy’s address to the public. The protests were mostly pushing for more action, smarter action, and Sealy’s resignation, in light of the failure of the first prominent act by the government to take out the rebels.

Many scoffed at President Sealy’s claims that they didn’t know how to strike at the rebels originally. One woman spoke to PWN explaining her view. “We just came out of a civil war with this same group just two years ago. Under President Sean Osborne just in ’13 and ’14, we were able to beat the rebels. We won the war. We know how to fight them. Not that much has changed, and for Sealy to claim to have just realised they’re using very similar all out tactics to what they used in 2013, he’s either lying or just really, really, ignorant to how military operations work.”

“We need someone who can not only help our country recover, but one who can keep us safe. Sealy did an okay job in helping us recover from the civil war, and even that wasn’t as great as he claimed. But he has failed to keep us- and even some of our allies- safe.”

Another man spoke to us, saying “Military operations aren’t supposed to just flop. This was a poorly planned operation that put our military men and women at extreme risks. Thank goodness only a couple people were hurt with the failed strikes on the strongholds. What if those dart guns had been actual guns? So many more would have died.”

Slogans like “Sealy pulled the wool over our eyes”, “Really, Sealy? Your time is up”, “Three strikes you’re out, Sealy” and “Out with Sealy, in with Safety” were on many protesters’ signs. The occasional outcry for President Sealy’s resignation has been growing ever since the attacks started in late 2015; however, until recently it was usually balanced out by increased support for Sealy by others. At this point, however, a poll showed 71% of Woolonians, whether they support Sealy or not, disapprove of how he is handling the WTR, and 83% saw Operation Good Wolf as a bad, uniformed move that could have cost far more than it did.

As of yet there has been no response from President Sealy, nor his administration. Freedemian President Angela Rosenthal also declined to comment. Rosenthal and Sealy have had very strong relations since the nations began talks at the end of the Woolonian Civil War, and Sealy is relatively well esteemed in Freedemia.

Personsboro College to join Freedemian University System of Four Year Institutions, become Quentins State Personsboro University

PERSONSBORO- Students who got accepted to the small but growing Personsboro College will find themselves actually attending Quentinsburgh State Personsboro University and will be eligible for additional student aid after a recent board decision to join the national university system.

Personsboro College was founded in 1952 as a small two-year college. Over the years, it has modernized greatly, but not really grown. More recently, however, the school has been expanding greatly using private donations. Since 2014, it began offering a small amount of four-year programs in generic liberal arts subjects and education, and it just got funding for a health program and an engineering program. However, the school wanted to offer more to the Personsboro metropolitan area, and has aspired for many years to be the next large international university. A master plan drawn up in 2015 showed plans to double the size of the campus with new buildings for all sorts of new programs by 2030. In order to build those buildings and offer those programs, they needed more than just private donations. Considering this, the Board of Trustees voted to join the national system to gain needed federal funding.

The new official name of the school starting in August is Quentins State Personsboro University, which will generally be shortened to Personsboro University or QPU, similarly to how Quentinsburgh’s Quentins State International University is known as Quentins University or QSU. The name QSU Personsboro was considered, but it was decided it sounded too much like a second campus for QSU in Quentinsburgh, not a separate university.

By fall 2020, Personsboro University hopes to stand as eastern Quentins’ biggest and best university and the best alternative to Quentins State International University. All programs will be admitting more students to more majors and programs starting in fall 2017, and new construction has already started. Nonacademic plans include a new stronger athletics department as well. The school colors will remain turquoise and yellow orange, and the mascot will remain the Platypus.

Personsboro University is only one of several new universities being added to the national system this year, including the recently approved Graham Institute of Technology and the new Graham State Technical University, both to be located in Graham City.

QUARTA considering options, planning Capitol Shuttle extension to address reduced ridership, need

An earlier version of this article stated the Capitol Shuttle extension would be built fully elevated and two stops long. However, the extension will actually have three stops, including an infill station at 5th St/Warren Sq, and will start off underground to connect from the existing CS tunnel.

QUENTINSBURGH- Back when it first opened, the seven stop Capitol Shuttle was an integral part of the QUARTA QLine system. The system was going through rapid expansion, and the system made it possible to transfer across several of these major lines without having to go all the way into downtown. It also provided a direct line to the Capitol Mall from the 1, 2, 4 and 5 (today, it connects to the 13 and 14 as well). Students could get to Quentinsburgh State International University from line 3, and two stations not served by any other lines (Garland Park and Freedemian Pkwy/Capitol) opened in neighborhoods nearby that needed it. Acting as north downtown Quentinsburgh’s main connection to the rest of the system, the small one car Capitol Shuttle flourished, seeing huge ridership levels for such a small route.

However, it would soon be discovered that the Capitol Shuttle had two major flaws. First, it wasn’t able to connect to Line 7 due to where the tracks crossed, losing one of the most important connections in the system, and second, by ending in the Capitol Mall, it failed to connect back around to the lines heading east, the 2, 7, and more recently, the 14. Suddenly it was clear that the shuttle didn’t connect to any of the lines serving eastern Quentinsburgh, simply the ones going north. It still acted as a valuable addition to the system, as only two other transfer stations in downtown actually made the connections it provided possible.

Today, however, with two new east-west tunnels through downtown, transfers are easier than ever. A new tunnel on line 4 connects line 5 with the 7 and 14 heading to the airport. Line 2’s new C shaped route connects several major lines through and around downtown, being home to two of the systems’ largest transfer hubs, Wellson/QSU Hospitals and Fredrick St/Convention Ctr.

Line 13 is especially important, almost replacing the Capitol Shuttle in all functionality. With its loop-like route and its new east-west tunnel between Grand Ave and James St, line 13 literally connects the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 14 all without leaving downtown and within 7 stops. The 7 stop CS (Capitol Shuttle) connects the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 13, and 14, but in a much less convenient way, and without connecting to line 7 at all, generally considered the second most important line in the system. The CS is also one of the most outdated lines, being the only line to have stations and platforms that have never been remodeled.

With alternatives like the 13 existing now, the Capitol Shuttle is seeing the lowest ridership in the line’s thirty year history. It had at one point gotten so low that earlier this year QUARTA had considered just shutting it down. However, outcry from the Garland Park community, which relies on the CS-only subway stop there and makes up about 80% of its current ridership, pushed QUARTA to leave the line open.

Since then, QUARTA has been looking for a way to save the line. When creating plans for line 10, using the Capitol Shuttle tracks was considered, but was quickly taken off the table after it became clear that doing so would eliminate all connections line 10 would have had in downtown. A concept for making a new tunnel and running the CS under DaSilva St to connect to eastbound lines was also suggested, but cost and difficulty in construction removed that option as well.

However, they appear to have found a solution. “This could be the very thing that saves the Capitol Shuttle”, one planner we talked to commented.

QUARTA proposes a simple, three station extension of the CS along a new stretch of elevated track (though it begins underground) to be built along Arthur Read Blvd, creating transfers at Arthur Read/Fredrick (2, 2X, 10 [future]) and Arthur Read/Freeman Station (4, 4X, 7, 7X, 14, 14X) and an infill station at 5th St/Warren Sq. The improved line could act as a downtown bypass of sorts, as transfers from trains from the east to northbound trains can suddenly be made without having to crowd downtown stations. Also, such an extension makes connections between the different parts of lines 2, 4, 10, and 14 easier, not to mention the ease of connecting to a line like the 5 that doesn’t really serve downtown or connect well.

The extension would also serve to connect riders from the east side of the city, nearby Hayes University, and even from QCommute line C2 to the Capitol Mall and Quentinsburgh State International University. Riders will no longer have to go through downtown to get to the Capitol Mall, while finally connecting to line 7.

With planning almost done and construction soon to begin, the three stop extension should be done by late 2017 and ready for operation at that time. It should finally restore the ridership to the line that is needed.