Drivers will no longer face fines for entering a designated downtown area, a reversal that many attribute to an increasingly polarized political environment in Spain.
Tag: Roads and Traffic
Bus With Mexican Catholic Pilgrims Collides With Tractor-Trailer, Killing 21
A bus carrying members of a Catholic archdiocese struck a tractor-trailer and burst into flames on a highway between the cities of Puebla and Orizaba.
If You Won’t Stop Speeding, Your Car Will Do It for You, E.U. Tells Drivers
The European Union plans to require speed-limiting technology in new cars starting in 2022, its Parliament announced, as part of a push to improve road safety across the bloc.
Cairo Dispatch: What to Do About Cairo’s ‘Uncivilized’ Buildings? President Orders Epic Paint Job
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi wants to paint the ramshackle red brick buildings that fill Egypt’s cities and wants ordinary people to pay for it. Some question if the scheme is wise or even possible.
Genoa Bridge Collapse Throws Harsh Light on Benettons’ Highway Billions
Autostrade, a privatized road operator, dwarfs the Italian family’s fashion empire. It’s now facing angry questions about big profits and lax regulation.
Madrid Taxi Strike Intensifies After Barcelona Drivers Are Offered Concessions
At least 11 people were injured in the capital as drivers protesting against Uber and other ride-hailing services clashed with the police.
Critic’s Notebook: France’s Yellow Vests Reveal a Crisis of Mobility in All Its Forms
Mobility is the story of globalization and its inequities. But it is more than trains and automobiles: It includes social and economic movement, too.
Luxembourg to Become the First Country to Offer Free Mass Transit for All
Plagued by traffic jams, one of the smallest countries in Europe will allow people to ride free from 2020.
Hundreds of Thousands in France Protest Taxes by Blocking Roads
The country’s “Yellow Vest” movement demonstrated nationwide, blocking roads and roundabouts, to register anger about fuel taxes and the loss of purchasing power.