Casablanca metro to high costs; instead, the city will focus on expanding its existing tram lines. Formally launched in the 1980s, the project has never been continued due to geographical reasons. A lot of alternatives were presented and accepted, like the combination of the Casablanca tramway and RER system, which is designed to offer coverage similar to the planned metro system. Casablanca metro The Casablanca Metro was a public transport project dating from the 1970s in Casablanca, Morocco. It was designed to address the need for public transport in Casablanca, which suffers from traffic congestion caused by the city's growth. The project
Tangier Tinga, Titga, &c. The old Berber name was "Tingi" (), which Ruiz connects to Berber "tingis", meaning "marsh". The Greeks later claimed that "Tingís" () had been named for a daughter of the titan Atlas, who was supposed to support the vault of heaven nearby. Latin Tingis then developed into Portuguese ', Spanish ', and French "", which entered English as "Tangier" and "Tangiers". The Arabic name of the town is "Tanjah" (), and the modern Berber name is "Tanja" (). Tangier was formally known as ("The Julian Colony of Tingis") following its elevation to colony status during the Roman