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China opens road tunnel under Yangtze River

The first tunnel under the Yangtze River is now open to traffic in central China, under a three month trial. The tunnel is 3.6 km long and is part of an effort to not only relieve traffic congestion, but also to...

created by Amy Judd | 51 wks ago | updated 50 wks ago
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Japanese bullet trains to run in UK ‘within 20 years’

With the UK train network increasingly under fire news comes that the British government are looking to introduce Japanese style bullet trains to improve the UK transport system. The UK is similar to Japan in that...

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created by LotusFlower | 51 wks ago | updated 51 wks ago
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$3.7 billion subway to be built in Baghdad

Baghdad officials announced plans today to build a two-line subway system in the Iraqi capital to ease congestion on the roads and fight heavy air pollution. The announcement raises concerns about the security of...

created by Yuliya Talmazan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Beijing unveils new traffic controls

Beijing has decided to permanently implement some of the stiff traffic controls that it has originally enforced during the August Olympics. Return to normality following the end of the games has prompted...

created by chowdawg | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Celebrate Car Free Day today

Cities across the world - from Athens to Taipei - are taking part in 'Car Free Day'. This is a day that gives us a chance to think of an alternative to driving to work. It encourages everyone to think about how...

created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Sex better than Cold-FX

Yarr, have a stuffy nose? A quick hop in bed with ye and your loved one should clear that up. T' Journal of Medical Hypotheses has proposed that men can keep their noses clear from congestion with regular...

created by Jason Sanders | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Canada: $40B in 'social costs' to planes, trains and cars, your life worth $4M, study shows

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Canada: $40B in 'social costs' to planes, trains and cars, your life worth $4...

Opinion Barry Artiste Certainly shows where social costs, from going to the corner store, to pleasure cruising to that cross country flight to visit relatives. Canadians will be pleased to know their live is now...

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opinion by Barry Artiste | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Cycling in Shanghai

I have some video of my wife and I Cycling in Shanghai - Xujiahui, Gubei and Hongqiao districts - I am happy to share them in the hope that they are in the General interest, especially as so many people are genuinely fascinated by China. Will see how response to this one is...

created by jamessta | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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London rains on G8 parade.

Conflicting signals coming out of London, as an announcement from the capital seemingly flies in the face of today's G8 announcement on Carbon emissions:"Pledging to “move toward a low-carbon society,” leaders...

created by mchawk | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Johnson scraps plan to tax London gas guzzlers

London mayor Boris Johnson has fulfilled an election promise to abolish the special tax on large, gas-guzzling cars set by his predecessor, Ken Livingstone. The plan would have taxed so-called "Chelsea...

created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
158 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment

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Bell Cries Wolf on File Sharing and Congestion Numbers

Bell might just have gotten called out on crying wolf regarding P2P and file-sharing congestion rates. On June 24, they were forced by the CRTC to release their data proving their claim that high-usage customers...

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created by Rob Walker | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Bell Ordered By CRTC to Publicly Prove Internet Congestion

Bell Canada has been left scrambling after a CRTC ruling ordered them to make public documents 'proving' Bell's claims that net congestion was forcing them to throttle users. Bell gave the CRTC a confidential...

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created by Rob Walker | 1 year ago
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Congestion charge has had no effect on reducing London's pollution, finds study

Air quality and pollution have not been reduced in London by the introduction of the city centre congestion charges, a study has found."Researchers found that the introduction of the controversial charging zone...

created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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City Council Approves Fee to Drive Below 60th

This vote is the first step toward a full "congestion charge" for New York City similiar to the one currently in place in London."he controversial proposal to charge drivers in the busiest parts of Manhattan took...

created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago
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Massive storm hits Newfoundland

My Newfoundlandian friend of mine always laughs when she reads these stories as the storms are never as big as CBC makes them sound. However, this one sure sounds like a doosy, 60 cm's in 24 hours! Send us...

created by ryan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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