Europe’s Traffic Woes Spur Vast Public Transport Push
European planners face stubborn jams despite billions spent on roads subways and rail. Berlin’s shrinking population and costly tunnels illustrate the high price of easing congestion while Brussels Paris Rome and Vienna expand metro lines and explore bus rapid transit park and ride and road above rail to reduce car use.
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Parking policy abroad causes endless jams and cheesy lots
The piece notes urban parking shortages in Europe and the United States. It cites Stockholm permits for defiant drivers, Geneva fines up to 40 francs, Rome tow fees around 17, and a trend toward multistory and underground garages. Paris increasingly hides spaces below ground.
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Enid High Students Enter Bible History Class
Enid Oklahoma AP reports a decades old program with 163 high school students studying Bible history across five classes. Taught in the old Enid Lutheran Church across from the high school the program is interdenominational. The Enid Council of Churches owns the building, owes under 4200 dollars after recent debt reduction led by evangelist Leighton Forde.
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Dennis Allen
Enid
American Lutheran Church
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Enid Council of Churches
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Town Council Dives Into Dressing Room Complaints
Odd collection of town items reports a council in Alfree ton England climbed the high diving platform at the community pool after girls complained about divers peering into changing rooms. The nun Sister Mary Leo noted a 27 inch crucifix exists at Concordia Seminary in St Louis and a parrot with a foul tongue was jailed in Rio de Janeiro. Bert Jones a Cradley Heath cobbler makes dog boots at 1.26 each for 18 cats.
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Concordia Seminary
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Missouri
Bert Jones
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