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Category Archives: Toll roads
Cities of the Future
(May 5, 2004) Lawrence Solomon, the executive director of Urban Renaissance Institute, delivered the keynote address at the 5th annual Edmonton Real Estate Forum on Wednesday, May 5, 2004. Mr. Solomon looked at factors such as demographic change, attracting a skilled workforce, continuing in technology, infrastructure investment and transportation and their impact on how effective cities function. Continue reading
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Asthma sufferers will benefit from reduced levels of traffic
(April 30, 2004) It’s World Asthma Day on Tuesday, May 4 2004 and Shasha Khan the Green Party candidate for the Croydon & Sutton GLA constituency called for further traffic reduction measures to ensure that nitrogen dioxide levels in the air, a factor in exacerbating asthma conditions, met with EU limit values by 2010. Continue reading
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Toll roads v. the Canadian Accident Association
(March 17, 2004) You have a flat tire. Or you need a tow. Or a boost. Or you’ve run out of gas. if you’re like millions of Canadians, you call the Canadian Automobile Association to get you going again. Continue reading
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London’s green streets
(February 19, 2004) One year ago this week, London began to charge private automobiles and commercial vehicles £5 ($12.50) a day if they either entered or left its downtown core between 7 a.m. and 6:30 pm. The reviews of this unprecedented experiment – designed to reduce traffic jams in one of the most heavily congested cities in the world – are now in, and they’re rave. Continue reading
Posted in Automobile, Cities, Public transit, Regulation, Toll roads, Transportation
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Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council
(July 23, 2003) Amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures. Continue reading
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