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CONGESTION IN EUROPE: With Mixed Results, Cities Battle Traf
CONGESTION IN EUROPE
With Mixed Results, Cities Battle Traffic and Pollution
By Manfred Ertel
Across Europe, cities are battling increasing traffic and pollution. From Rome to Stockholm, cities are imposing restrictions and inner city tolls to curb traffic jams. As the debate rages, many are looking to London, which successfully introduced a congestion charge in 2003.
The idea of placing bans on driving in European city centers dates as far back as the reign of Julius Caesar. Back then, concerns that the constant rage of chariots was disrupting pedestrians, led Rome's city planners to ban the horse-drawn vehicles from the narrow alleys around the Coliseum and the Roman Forum. Two thousand years later, Rome and other European capitals are taking their example from Caesar and adopting similar approaches to counter non-stop congestion and alarming air pollution. (...)
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With Mixed Results, Cities Battle Traffic and Pollution
By Manfred Ertel
Across Europe, cities are battling increasing traffic and pollution. From Rome to Stockholm, cities are imposing restrictions and inner city tolls to curb traffic jams. As the debate rages, many are looking to London, which successfully introduced a congestion charge in 2003.
The idea of placing bans on driving in European city centers dates as far back as the reign of Julius Caesar. Back then, concerns that the constant rage of chariots was disrupting pedestrians, led Rome's city planners to ban the horse-drawn vehicles from the narrow alleys around the Coliseum and the Roman Forum. Two thousand years later, Rome and other European capitals are taking their example from Caesar and adopting similar approaches to counter non-stop congestion and alarming air pollution. (...)
Continue reading: Spiegel OnLine
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,349912,00.html
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