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FEATURE traffic : Rolling down 120km of bike lane in Seville

Rolling down 120km of bike lane in Seville

Drivers and vehicles in the centre of Seville cannot be parked for longer than 45 minutes, but it wouldn’t bother the southern Spanish city’s cyclists

by Samia Stambouli @ // 18/05/11

traffic, ecology, spain, seville, bicing, biking, car industry

FEATURE traffic : Spotlight on fighting prostitution in Strasbourg

Spotlight on fighting prostitution in Strasbourg

In the last year, the picturesque city of Strasbourg has become known as the red light district of Alsace, a veritable European capital of prostitution. Is Strasbourg really a big brothel, where locals and EU officials indulge their peccadilloes?

by Sandra Wickert @ // 26/05/09

traffic, mep, prostitution, red light district, men and women, villes, two seat system problem

MULTIMEDIA traffic : Photos: Paris, transport and fresh air

Photos: Paris, transport and fresh air

Fancy a fresh-aired adventure in Paris? Since 2007 residents and tourists have been able to rent the public bicycles, the Vélibs, fleeing the dark metros which transport millions in and out of the capital day in, day out. Images of a city in movement

by Louisa Reichstetter @ // 13/01/09

traffic, eudebate on the ground, economy, transporte público, fahrrad, eudebate2009, paris

OPINION traffic : Traffic jams go on in Vilnius

Traffic jams go on in Vilnius

Cities are home to more than half the world's population, whilst EU urban congestion causes 40% of CO2 emissions, according to the European parliament ...

by nora mžavanadze // 15/04/08

traffic, milan, underground, skåne, lithuania, london, florence

FEATURE

Roland Lipp on Moscow, the dirtiest city in Europe

The German engineer from Brandenburg plans roads which run along house roofs. He is trying to save the metropolis from gridlock. The inventor of these ‘street houses’ is holding talks with German firms, who should be joining him on the project

by simone schlindwein // 15/04/08

traffic, moscow, russian federation, architecture, road safety, germany, environment

ANALYSIS

Bike traffic: return of the scorchers

Environmentally conscious cyclists regularly battle errant cars in European cities

by chris // 15/04/08

traffic, activism, protest, activists, asia, revolution, china

Videos: Barroso and Mamère are ecologically challenged

Two of Europe’s politicians talk ‘global solutions, global problems’ but sometime forget to put their words into action

by jane mery // 15/04/08

traffic, european commission, josé manuel barroso, video gallery, politics, travel, climate change

PICTURES

Strasbourg is bikes

With the inauguration of the TGV to Strasbourg, the city is staking its claim for modernity and the environment. The bicycle rules in this city that wants to overtake Fribourg as model of sustainable growth

by eneko ilarramendi // 27/02/08

traffic, sport, western eu, sustainable developement, europe on the ground, strasbourg, photogallery

REPORT traffic : Turkish taxi through Berlin

Turkish taxi through Berlin

In a beige Mercedes with a yellow and black taxi sign on the roof and leather seats, the destination is the Berlin of yesterday, today and tomorrow

by Judith Laub @ // 03/09/07

traffic, travel, cities, berlin, germany, tourism

FEATURE traffic : Rome's invisible taxis

Rome's invisible taxis

Third in our summer series tracking Europe's taxi drivers, where finding a taxi in the eternal city is like trying to find a needle in a haystack

by tiziana sforza // 30/08/07

traffic, italy, rome, the streets of europe, cities, tourism

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Lazdynai bridge is falling down

Some days ago it was announced that the Lazdynai bridge is falling down. The first association it evokes in those who live in Lazdynai is, however, not the famous nursery rhyme, but, "oh no, that means traffic jams in Lazdynai again..." As a half of the road was closed because ...

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