GenevaLunch » transport http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +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 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 Chinese roads in England could give UK budget smoother ridehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/19/chinese-roads-in-england-could-give-uk-budget-smoother-ride/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/19/chinese-roads-in-england-could-give-uk-budget-smoother-ride/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:07:02 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67878 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The UK budget, to be unveiled Wednesday 21 March, could well hold some surprises, but one of its most unusual features is already under discussion: a partial privatization plan that would allow wealth funds from sovereign states to lease British motorways and highways. The Guardian reports that “In his most eye-catching proposal, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/19/chinese-roads-in-england-could-give-uk-budget-smoother-ride/feed/ 0 Swiss eco-tax reforms: lower income and savings tax, higher energy taxhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/01/swiss-eco-tax-reforms-lower-income-and-savings-tax-higher-energy-tax/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/01/swiss-eco-tax-reforms-lower-income-and-savings-tax-higher-energy-tax/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:07:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64305 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland is rethinking its tax system at the most basic level to create a more ecologically-minded tax system. The Federal Council, or cabinet, is asking several departments to join forces in a complete review of the tax system by the summer of 2012. Their mandate is to find a way to increase [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/12/01/swiss-eco-tax-reforms-lower-income-and-savings-tax-higher-energy-tax/feed/ 0 British public sector strike cripples UKhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/30/british-public-sector-strike-cripples-uk/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/30/british-public-sector-strike-cripples-uk/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:49:57 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64246 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Some 2 million public sector workers are slated to walk out Wednesday 30 November in the UK, affecting schools, hospitals, government offices and public transport, among other services. The strike is over changes to government pension plans, with workers being asked to work longer hours to earn their pensions. The government announced [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/30/british-public-sector-strike-cripples-uk/feed/ 0 Swiss says nuclear shutdowns will cost CHF2 billion morehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/24/swiss-says-nuclear-shutdowns-will-cost-chf2-billion-more/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/24/swiss-says-nuclear-shutdowns-will-cost-chf2-billion-more/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:14:12 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63935 GenevaLunch.com Nuclear waste disposal in France and Swiss plant shutdowns prompt new concerns Train with waste traveling from France to Germany today could spark new protests BERN, SWITZERLAND – Decommissioning Switzerland’s nuclear power plants will cost 10 percent more as a result of inflation, an increase of about CHF2 billion, than the last estimates in 2006 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/24/swiss-says-nuclear-shutdowns-will-cost-chf2-billion-more/feed/ 0 The fish Swiss customs didn’t let you eat, whew!http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/the-fish-swiss-customs-didnt-let-you-eat-whew/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/the-fish-swiss-customs-didnt-let-you-eat-whew/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:44:26 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63059 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss customs officials in Geneva stepped up their checks of food items entering the country in May, and say they have uncovered serious problems in the transport of a number of food items. Between June and September they seized a large number of shipments of supposedly fresh foods that were not kept [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/01/the-fish-swiss-customs-didnt-let-you-eat-whew/feed/ 0 EU commits €7 bn to R&D in “biggest ever” EC funding packagehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/21/eu-commits-e7-bn-to-rd-in-biggest-ever-ec-funding-package/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/21/eu-commits-e7-bn-to-rd-in-biggest-ever-ec-funding-package/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:00:43 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60018 GenevaLunch.com BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – The European Commission 20 July agreed to commit €7 billion to research and development, in what it says is its “biggest ever European Commission funding package”, designed to create some 174,000 jobs in the short term and another 450,000 in the long term and to stimulate  nearly  €80 billion in gross domestic [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/21/eu-commits-e7-bn-to-rd-in-biggest-ever-ec-funding-package/feed/ 0 Green green green is the colour of your festivals this yearhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/12/green-green-green-is-the-colour-of-your-festivals-this-year/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/12/green-green-green-is-the-colour-of-your-festivals-this-year/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:57:09 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59670 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Are you a gas-burning road hog who loves festivals and concerts? You might have to change your ways this summer, with  environment and sustainable development the buzz words for Swiss festivals.   Montreux Jazz Festival, which runs to 16 July, is the first of the big summer festivals and it provides details [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/12/green-green-green-is-the-colour-of-your-festivals-this-year/feed/ 0 Bike Lifts set to ease the strain on Zurich city cyclistshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/08/bike-lifts-set-to-ease-the-strain-on-zurich-city-cyclists/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/08/bike-lifts-set-to-ease-the-strain-on-zurich-city-cyclists/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:55:16 +0000 Lucy De Butts http://genevalunch.com/?p=56339 GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Plans are afoot in Zurich to intall “bike lifts” to help weary cyclists tackle steep hills. Already introduced in Norway, the lifts operate similarly to conveyer-belts, the cyclists resting their foot on a moving band which then slides them up the hill. In spite of Zurich’s relative lack of hills, there are a few key sites [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/08/bike-lifts-set-to-ease-the-strain-on-zurich-city-cyclists/feed/ 0 Swiss Post profits up 25%: package business strong, new clientshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/31/swiss-post-profits-up-25-package-business-strong-new-clients/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/31/swiss-post-profits-up-25-package-business-strong-new-clients/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:24:48 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55958 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – More packages are being sent in Switzerland, the letter business remains strong and more people are switching their banking to Post Finance, says Swiss Post. The result is higher profits for 2010, up from CHF728 million in 2009 to CHF910 in 2010, a 25 percent increase. Revenues (operating income) were CHF8.36 [...]

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