GenevaLunch » Travel http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Solar Impulse flying over Jura, France en route to Moroccohttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/24/solar-impulse-flying-over-jura-france-en-route-to-morocco/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/24/solar-impulse-flying-over-jura-france-en-route-to-morocco/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 08:23:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70486 GenevaLunch.com Solar-powered plane makes first intercontinental flight, must pass over Pyrenees LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Solar Impulse, the elegant airplane powered only by solar cells, left Payerne shortly before 08:30 Thursday 24 May, and headed towards the Jura and into France. Pilot André Borschberg expects to land this evening, after midnight, at Madrid Barajas Airport where the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/24/solar-impulse-flying-over-jura-france-en-route-to-morocco/feed/ 0 Vaud roads: steer clear of Tour du Pays de Vaud cyclistshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/23/vaud-roads-steer-clear-of-tour-du-pays-de-vaud-cyclists/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/23/vaud-roads-steer-clear-of-tour-du-pays-de-vaud-cyclists/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 13:48:48 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70446 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Vaud police warn that roads in the area will be blocked for brief periods starting Thursday 24 May to accommodate the Tour du Pays de Vaud cycling race. Motorists are being cautioned to take care and to be aware that roads around the race will be closed about 10 minutes before the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/23/vaud-roads-steer-clear-of-tour-du-pays-de-vaud-cyclists/feed/ 0 Ski resorts worst hit as Swiss tourism suffers through 2012 slidehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/22/ski-resorts-worst-hit-as-swiss-tourism-suffers-through-2012-slide/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/22/ski-resorts-worst-hit-as-swiss-tourism-suffers-through-2012-slide/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 09:13:58 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70406 GenevaLunch.com Bright news is that 2013 should be better BERN, SWITZERLAND – Glum news out of Bern for the Swiss tourism industry Tuesday 22 May won’t surprise anyone: the strong franc and weak euro are hurting the tourism industry this year. The latest forecast for the summer season is a drop of 1.7 percent overall, but [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/22/ski-resorts-worst-hit-as-swiss-tourism-suffers-through-2012-slide/feed/ 0 Traffic lights for Swiss autoroute entrances under studyhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/21/traffic-lights-for-swiss-autoroute-entrances-under-study/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/21/traffic-lights-for-swiss-autoroute-entrances-under-study/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 18:16:40 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70391 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Smart highways could be around the corner in Switzerland, with EPFL, the federal polytechnic institute in Lausanne, undertaking a study to improve traffic flows by using stoplights to enter highways, with funding from the Swiss Federal Roads Office. There may be a growing sense of urgency to resolve highway traffic jams; Lausanne [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/21/traffic-lights-for-swiss-autoroute-entrances-under-study/feed/ 0 Woodless driver sought by Vaud policehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/16/woodless-driver-sought-by-vaud-police/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/16/woodless-driver-sought-by-vaud-police/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 20:08:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70327 GenevaLunch.com Loose wood and petrol in the tunnel caused huge detour and 20km traffic jam at start of holiday LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Vaud police are looking for a driver who lost a pallet of wood Wednesday afternoon on the A9 autoroute. The wood slid off the unknown vehicle about 100 metres into the Flonzalley tunnel after Lausanne, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/16/woodless-driver-sought-by-vaud-police/feed/ 0 Truck overturns on Simplon passhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/16/truck-overturns-on-simplon-pass/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/16/truck-overturns-on-simplon-pass/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 07:41:05 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70307 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A truck overturned Tuesday 15 May at 14:20 on the downhill side of the Simplon pass, heading towards Italy. The 56-year-old Italian driver was injured slightly. The road was closed following the accident. He was returning from Visp in canton Valais to Torino, Italy when the truck went onto its side on [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/16/truck-overturns-on-simplon-pass/feed/ 0 Cool your heels on the A9, fines start 16 Mayhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/15/cool-your-heels-on-the-a9-fines-start-16-may/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/15/cool-your-heels-on-the-a9-fines-start-16-may/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 10:51:09 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70289 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – One year of testing and improving the ANPR radar system on the stretch of A9 autoroute between Aigle and Bex has come to an end and starting tomorrow you’ll pay the price if you put your foot on the pedal too hard. Police in Vaud say fines will be issued starting 16 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/15/cool-your-heels-on-the-a9-fines-start-16-may/feed/ 0 We love our Swiss trains more, and we love our cars a little lesshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/11/we-love-our-swiss-trains-more-and-we-love-our-cars-a-little-less/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/11/we-love-our-swiss-trains-more-and-we-love-our-cars-a-little-less/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 20:21:32 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70169 GenevaLunch.com Canton Vaud tells Bern: pump money into public transport LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Cleaner air, healthier citizens, faster transport – Canton Vaud’s infrastructure department head François Marthaler says we can have it all, by speeding up investments in public transport, and he is calling on Bern to do so. Marthaler’s demand in a statement from the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/11/we-love-our-swiss-trains-more-and-we-love-our-cars-a-little-less/feed/ 0 Cornavin looks north to handle boom in train travelhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/08/cornavin-looks-north-to-handle-boom-in-train-travel/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/08/cornavin-looks-north-to-handle-boom-in-train-travel/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 20:11:45 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70046 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss travelers increased their use of trains by 27 percent from 2005 to 2010 and one of the fastest-growing train routes, in terms of passenger numbers, is the Lausanne-Geneva line. The CFF and Geneva have begun studying its options for the next stage after its current renovations: extending the station to handle [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/08/cornavin-looks-north-to-handle-boom-in-train-travel/feed/ 0 Swiss travel inside country up 4% in 5 yearshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/08/swiss-travel-inside-country-up-4-in-5-years/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/08/swiss-travel-inside-country-up-4-in-5-years/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 10:29:54 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70023 GenevaLunch.com And it takes them only 92 minutes to cover the distance GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss are on the move, with train travel inside the country up in particular, figures from the new federal “Microcensus” show. Each Swiss resident six years or older “covered a daily distance of almost 37km within Switzerland in 2010. Two-thirds [...]

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