http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/tags.php?tag=traffic The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Tue, 21 May 2013 15:52:47 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=51717#post-148762 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:18:55 +0000 bavardage 148762@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, is at it again in his campaign to clean up the city.</p> <p>Back in 2007, he <a href="http://www.france-today.com/search/label/Velib">gave</a> Parisians Vélib', the bicycle sharing system.</p> <p>Last year he launched an electric car sharing programme - Autolib' - guaranteed to annoy any driver stuck behind one of those flippin' Dinky toys and render even the most mild-mannered motorist barmy.</p> <p>And now he's planning to go one step further with the world's first ever shoe sharing scheme - Marchelib'.</p> <p>The idea is a simple one: using the same pick-up and drop-off stations already available for Velib', Parisians, out-of-towners, visitors - in fact just about everyone - will be able to grab a pair of walking shoes or boots and strut their stuff happily through the City of Light.</p> <p>The announcement came on Monday as part of a package of measures aimed at trying to reduce pollution levels in Paris - still too high at certain times of the year and which contravene EU regulations - and simultaneously piss off the maximum number of motorists.</p> <p>Among the <a href="http://www.liberation.fr/societe/2012/11/12/pollution-delanoe-degaine-un-nouveau-plan-anti-voitures_859874">proposals</a> are a reduction of the speed limit on the ever-flowing (as if) Boulevard Périphérique from 80km/h to 70km/h (as if), a ban all cars older than 17 years from the city centre (and drivers with less than 17 years of experience), the introduction of a péage, or toll, on the motorways immediately surrounding the capital to limit the number of trucks and the launch of Marchelib'.</p> <p>Appearing on national radio Delanoë said the propositions "represented a new step in the city's battle against pollution" and although Parisians had changed their habits over the last decade,"pollution still remained a scourge."</p> <p>Delanoë insisted Marchelib' would not only help cut drastically the levels of pollution,but "also make Parisians fitter, healthier and give a boost to the economy by requiring that the shoes supplied would only be 'Made in France'."</p> <p>The mayor, a prominent member of the Socialist party, said he would be talking to the government minister in charge of industrial renewal, Arnaud Montebourg, to help draw up a list of French cobblers. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47350#post-136212 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:06:03 +0000 Squudge 136212@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ta. Brevity not my strong point.<br /> Struggled with the headline too, but nothing seemed to do justice to the image of the 'thing that pulled out in front of me'. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47350#post-136161 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:47:35 +0000 Midfield Diamond 136161@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Welcome Squudge, and thanks for comments on my FP.</p> <p>You've certainly captured a gruesome specimen there, and the sub has some good lines in it. Needs a bit of work to tighten the whole thing up and a better ending perhaps, but it's nowhere near as bad as some of my early efforts. Keep 'em coming. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=47350#post-135996 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:32:22 +0000 Squudge 135996@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The world of the Caravan Club was rocked yesterday with a surprise entry in the annual 'Cosmetic Caravan' competition. The prestige event, held traditionally over the August Bank holiday in Beaulieu (generally in lay-bys en-route and key traffic junctions in picturesque Lyndhurst nearby), attracts high numbers of entrants to the New Forest every year.</p> <p><img src="http://assets5.pinimg.com/upload/87116574012996662_IYxH19RD.jpg"></p> <p>Burt Impetigo, entering the competition for the first time, was tearful when he realised he had won a prize in the 'Beginner' category. Burt, who has a beard and lives in his caravan in a field near Porton Down, gives his job as 'civil servant', but his passion in life as sitting in his caravan 'Bessie'.</p> <p>Judges commended the caravan patina which had attained 'classic' status with algae encrustation pre-dating 1987. "It is so unusual to see the grime in perfect condition without finger-graffiti of a knob", enthused one of the judges. The interior was equally impressive with the added touch of a vintage B&amp;Q bucket with commemorative Lady Diana tea-tray 'lid', in lieu of a chemical toilet.</p> <p>'Bessie' obtained a 'Silver' the 'Classic' category and the highly prized 'DAFUQ' rosette, an award given to the most astonishing entry overall.</p> <p>When asked whether he would sponsor the event again next year, Lord Montague of Beaulieu went hissy-purple and brandished a shotgun. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30952#post-87229 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:13:49 +0000 brian 87229@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>In a bid to cut down on accidents on its roads in recent years, Bournemouth Council had imposed speed restrictions, traffic calming and speed cameras. A spokesman recently boasted that this had resulted in a 20% reduction in casualties on just one stretch of road.</p> <p>When a letter in the local paper pointed out that this 20% reduction meant that the casualty rate had dropped from 5 to 4, there was a deafening silence. Instead, there are rumours that a Councilor statistician has calculated that by further reducing the speed limit, they can cut the accident rate by a further 20%. Their aim, he says is to eliminate all road accidents, however minor. "No one should have to put their lives at risk using Bournemouth's highways" he is quoted as saying. "If our new reductions are half as successful as previously, we may even contemplate going further and closing all our roads. We are determined that our roads will be the safest in Dorset." </p> <p>An independant expert has calculated that the odds of this Councillor being re-elected are reduced by 20% for every 20% reduction in casualties.</p> <p>Reuters by the Sea </p>