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Fuel cost

Marco — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:31:40 +0000

[it: per la prima volta in vita mia, ho speso piÃ¹ di 100 chf per il pieno]

On last Saturday, I spent for the first time more than 100.- chf to fuel my Nissan.

Technorati Tags: fuel,benzina,peak oil

Same people, different transports

Marco — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:59:30 +0000

[Italian abstract: un'altra immagine per comunicare]

Another picture to communicate.

via Bruno

A2, 80 km/h: useless

Marco — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:41:07 +0000

Nothing to say.

TiLo tales, another sad episode

Marco — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:40:35 +0000

[Italian abstract: come alcuni mesi fa, sono stato all'universitÃ Milano Bicocca. Il viaggio Ã¨ stato particolarmente frustrante.]

Another trip, another post. Same as some month ago. To go with the train to Milano Bicocca university you need four different tickets.

More difficult 1: we were two guys, so

one ticket Lugano – Como (one for both)
two tickets (one each) Como – Milano Greco
two tickets (one each) Milano Greco – Chiasso
two tickets (one each) Chiasso – Lugano

More difficult 2: the lady at the counter insisted to sell us ticket for Lugano – Milano Centrale.

More difficult 3: the train Lugano – Como was late, so we had to wait one hour in Como for the following train.

Ah, it costs about 40 chf each; total travel time: 4h 25 min (2h 40 min and 1h 45 min back).

Next time: car.

Borders’ traffic

Marco — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:57:58 +0000

At the end of September, the swiss police closed the border with Italy. They were searching the thieves of several military weapons, stolen some days before in the french part of Switzerland.

This caused a huge traffic jam, blocking for hours everyone. As reported on September, 28. by the Corriere del Ticino, an italian guy sitting is the european parliament was very unhappy and asked explanation (written question E-4316/06 to the Council).

Every time some problem hits the swiss route system, some italian politician says that Switzerland is violating the treaties between Switzerland and EU. In other words, they cry and ask for repayment.

What about the Brogeda border? The border between Italy and Switzerland on the highway (Chiasso – Ponte Chiasso) is a mess. Swiss policemen (usually two) stops only some cars, putting it on the right, out of the queue, to ask ID. Italian policemen (not less than five) stops some car IN THE queue, so the whole queue has to stop.

Results: you’ll have always to wait when you want to pass that border.

Switzerland and Ticino (railways) relationship

Marco — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:58:03 +0000

Relationship between Ticino and Switzerland are sometimes subject of conversations and discussions.

This map may tell something: railways are very good in Switzerland, the density is quite high, swiss people are proud of public transportation.

Have a look in the south area, please. Very bad. Quite no public transportation.

Here is the official swiss railways map (pdf).

Every day

Marco — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:37:26 +0000

Every day, every single day I read about an accident that involves a motorcycle. And this happens in the little Ticino. I don’t know about statistics, but it’s impressive.

Highway A2 closed

Marco — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:27:40 +0000

The highway A2 was closed last week because of landfall. It’s just north from the Gotthard tunnel, so Switzerland (end Europe) is divided. It seems that it will remain closed until the middle of July. Big problems in traffic and in tourism in Ticino. Here two recent articles, in italian:article of Swissinfo, article of Ticinonline.

Some expert told that the A2 is a national route, with lot of money coming to local autorities (canton Uri), so it’s weird that now there are so many problems.

Norman Gobbi is asking to the Ticino autorities what is the truth. It is quite known that autorities of canton Uri close the highway very (too?) easily.