... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I suppose today's date has absolutely nothing to do with it!?!? Pete Arnold(UK)...
Was anyone able to see and take a picture of the annual spaghetti harvest extra train over the gotthard which ran this afternoon? I had some errands to do, and...
... By organs, are you referring to the cantonal governments, or the cantons and the federal? I am not sure Swiss appreciate the extent their transport is...
rmtomasko@... wrote:
>> connectivity is not necessarily an issue of the
>> operators, but a requirements of the organs that order the service.
>> Of...
... This is the subject of a lot of conspiracy theories that are usually rather unbelievable... I think the biggest reason for the well used and coördinated...
... With "organs", I did indeed refer to cantons, and to a lesser extent federal and local entities. Being in the Canton of Zürich, it might be a little bit...
... It may sound rather unbelievable, but there are proofs for such conspiracies. (Sorry for getting a bit off-topic, but I try to restrict myself to this...
... Absolutely.... ... Well, there is some automobile industry in Switzerland, but it is not really an "industry" but more a "Manufaktur" or a "craft"... And...
... This is indeed the "urban legend" I am referring too. I find it a bit amazing that, in view of what is needed to push people "out" of their cars that...
... Two other reasons for the success of public transport in Switzerland: - Parking policies. There is hardly any free parking in the big cities. In the US for...
... This is indeed a point, except for the real cities (if you have a company-paid parking space in Manhattan, you are really, really, really good situated......
... another reason in my opinion is direct democracy. The averge Joe Bloggs in German, Britain etc dislikes the government. The government, so his thesis, is...
... No. We only get a free halbtax however. ... We use the time for work mostly. Most of our ofsite meetings are in Luzern, which means that we do get to...
... Sadly average Joe is often right in this respect... ... Another difference is that a lot of public transport is really run by local firms, that are...
... So much for conflict of interest and conspiracy theory... ... An independent company had gone out of business quite a time ago already... And a publicly...
... I work for a company whose top management is largely foreign and has little idea of Swiss customs and so doesn't provide any of the usual pro-rail...
... Well, the most commonly seen "proof" is actually a movie called "Who framed Roger Rabbit", which shows the story in a delightful half cartoon / half real...
<<It has been proven that the automobile and bus industry, supported by the oil and civil engineering industry did buy up the fantastic interurban rail system ...
david THOMAS wrote:
> [...] The general observation seems to be that when
> trains are replaced by buses the number of people using public
> transport drops by...
... For me it is the funny thing that i like the bus more then the train to travel to work. I live in Duebendorf and work at Zurich at the University Hospital....
Krist van Besien wrote:
> On 4/2/06, Max Wyss <max@...> wrote:
>> ... It has been proven that the
>> automobile and bus industry, supported by the oil...
Adrian Senn wrote:
> I travel a bit longer than with the S9 but i can read the hole time
> in the Bus a newspaper or something else. [...]
> But i know this is...
My local rail service was replaced by a bus for three months while 30 miles of double track line is being resignalled. (Two junctions, one pair of goods loops,...
Tim Hall wrote:
> Would something like this even be thinkable in Switzerland?
Partly yes. We had Luzern - Malters closed for some months
in 2005 and still now...
... Thanks to you all for laying these out. I've changed my mind - it is possible for a fish, if he's a Swiss fish at least, to analyze the water he swims ...
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