Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]
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Junior Chimp
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« on: January 10, 2010, 10:14:09 AM » |
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« edited: January 10, 2010, 10:16:23 AM by Bon écoute, non, [wagon] arrête, hiérarchise... »
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US to go to more public transportation instead of individual cars?? Socialism!
Well about high-speed trains, the country I'm leaving in seems not so bad in that realm, and here it remains a bit expensive, I never take it because I live in South West and did most of the moves I had to do in this quarter of France which is the poor quarter in that realm (in modern technologies generally speaking, that remains France though, not Malia, I don't have to complain) but according to what I've checked.
The network about it is not bad here, it really reduces distances within the country and then sets some new kinds of demography for example, thanks to it, some people who work in Paris no more live in Paris, and not even in the Parisian region, they can live in cities at 200/even 300 kms from it, and in term of time of transportation it's like, and sometimes shorter, if they took the regional trains for the big Parisian suburb. Well, yes, by now, most of the network is tunned with Paris as a center, but it's just because until now France has been like that.
Also, people use to criticize France for its heavy taxes on work, but seems it remains an attractive country for investors, and according to what is said, this because infrastructures like TGV (name of high-speed rail here).
I personally generally support investments in that, though I'm always surprised by the time it takes to be finalized, or yes, even decided, here too. Hmm, seems China hasn't this problem... And I also must say I'm impressed by the size of their project...
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