For the fifth consecutive year, International Living has announced that France has the best standard of living in the world. As someone who lives there, loves it and writes about France, this should make my heart sing – and does.
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high-speed trains
High speed trains are finally coming to the UK and will join other counties in the EU that have rapid rail systems. If you’re coming to the UK, will you take to the rails and see more of the country since if you’re an American, you won’t be forced to drive “on the wrong side of the road?”
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Hurricane Gustav is a wake-up call to Congress. America needs to fund and implement an alternative and effective means of transportation. Who can forget the images of cars backed up on I-10 as nervous residents flee the approaching storm? And how many air travelers are stranded in New Orleans now that the airport has closed?
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Spain gives America a lesson that train travel over relatively short distances can compete with airlines. The new high-speed Madrid–Barcelona train is cutting into their national airline’s schedules and profit levels.
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