Accident Black Spot Milan, Italy – accident not an hour ago
Yet another accident today right outside my house. A motorcyclist hit a car, and was taken away by ambulance, not half an hour ago.
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Yet another accident today right outside my house. A motorcyclist hit a car, and was taken away by ambulance, not half an hour ago.
A journalist I know thought I might like to have a go at a writing assignment for men’s magazine site Askmen.com.
Pollution levels in Milan continue to remain high, and PM10 levels are worrying, despite an attempt by the Milan city authorities to bring traffic pollution levels down through the introduction of the Ecopass congestion charging system.
Travelling boldly around Milan, as I do, I often find myself on the city’s red underground line. This tube line is quite sophisiticated technologically.
Despite the Ecopass pollution charge system which has been in force for more or less a year, PM10 levels in Milan Italy, and in areas around the city have exceeded acceptable limits by as much as 4 times.
Someone writing a thesis on the performance of various congestion charge schemes around the world wrote and asked me for a little information on the Ecopass scheme in Milan.
Milan’s ecopass congestion charge system has been in force for over nine months now, and Milan’s municipal authorities have been plastering the positive looking results of the scheme all over buses, bus stops, and just about everywhere else.
Letizia Moratti, for those not in the know, is the Mayor of Milan, Italy, and she’s at war. Yes, she’s battling the city’s prostitution problem.
Today, Via Paolo Sarpi in Milan became a ZTL or restricted traffic zone. This means that those who enter this street will be espied by cameras and will recieve a fine if they are not authorised to pass through along this street.
