Tag: Transportation
2024 Olympics: Roissy volunteers welcome the world
Paris welcomes the world from this Friday, July 26 and for the entire duration of the Olympic Games. Fifteen million visitors and nearly 15,000 athletes are expected, so Parisian airports…
The two revolutions of the Paris metro, from 1900 to today
The dream of a metro for Paris dates back to the very beginning of the Third Republic. Three decades later, line 1 was inaugurated for the 1900 World’s Fair. Twelve…
In Paris, opening of special lanes for accredited vehicles
Starting this Monday, July 15, some roads in Paris will only be open to vehicles accredited for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are responsible for transporting official delegations, doctors,…
Milan Malpensa Airport now named after Silvio Berlusconi
Even after his death on June 13, 2023, at the age of 86, the former Prime Minister, founder of Forza Italia and king of the private media, Silvio Berlusconi, continues…
China launches investigation into EU tariffs, including on electric cars
China had promised retaliation against the European Union, which this month raised tariffs on Chinese electric cars, and is now taking action. Beijing announced on Wednesday, July 10, that it…
Flying taxis allowed in Paris during the Olympic Games, the city hall contests
The French government gave the green light on Tuesday, July 9, to a new floating platform for flying taxis in Paris. A decree published in the Official Journal authorizes the…
Boeing reaches settlement with Justice Department, avoids trial
In the United States, Boeing has avoided a criminal trial. The aircraft manufacturer, implicated in two 737 MAX crashes in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia in 2019, which killed a…
With the announced increase in bush taxi fares, travelling becomes “a luxury”
The bush taxi transport company Soatrans is warning users of an imminent increase in its fares due to the continued deterioration of the road conditions. An increase estimated at between…
reopening of the Roya tunnel destroyed by bad weather in 2020
The French Roya tunnel reopens on Monday July 1, four years after storm Alex which destroyed it following a landslide and the release of downpours of water. The event served…
“Free Moussa”, passengers on a Paris-Bamako flight prevent the deportation of a young man
In France, passengers on a Paris-Bamako flight managed to prevent the deportation of a man on Friday afternoon, June 28. Moussa, 25, has lived most of his life in France…