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Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2003 11:34 pm
by micro
pinguino79 wrote:Here's what I know: it's an old story that I've heard for the first time about ten years ago (but it's probably older). I read that someone presented a project (
). Maybe it was just an hoax, or someone wanted to get some space on the newspapers for free, but the news actually appeared on the press (micro - Olivier 1-0
)
News about the proposed Venice metro:
In a metro-related forum I found a link to a new article about the recent planning:
http://www.repubblica.it/online/cronaca ... nezia.html
But all I understood from the stupid
Google translation is that everything is still in dispute.
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2003 3:04 am
by eurobillsandcoins
I have a Mercedes C320 from 2002 Which is made in Sttutgart I think. So I vote European.
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2003 1:34 pm
by pinguino79
Thanks micro for having found for me the thread
I planned to post something about the topic, but I'm too lazy to search this thread.
Actually, the project is very serious and it's going to be done; currently, anyway, they are waiting for more interesting proposals from other companies.
There will be an underwater metro and a surface metro connecting the main parts of the city. According to the article, it will be completed in 2009 or 2010.
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2003 2:41 pm
by micro
pinguino79 wrote:Thanks micro for having found for me the thread
I planned to post something about the topic, but I'm too lazy to search this thread.
Actually, the project is very serious and it's going to be done; currently, anyway, they are waiting for more interesting proposals from other companies.
There will be an underwater metro and a surface metro connecting the main parts of the city. According to the article, it will be completed in 2009 or 2010.
No problem, I have special searching skills
So you think the thing is serious? A better connection between the airport and the city as mentioned in the article seems indeed useful, I remember it a bit complicated.
But if the metro will really be built I'm optimistic that the planning and construction teams will be aware of the certain conditions in Venice and make sure the city will not go down due to the metro construction...
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2003 5:55 pm
by pinguino79
micro wrote:So you think the thing is serious? A better connection between the airport and the city as mentioned in the article seems indeed useful, I remember it a bit complicated.
But if the metro will really be built I'm optimistic that the planning and construction teams will be aware of the certain conditions in Venice and make sure the city will not go down due to the metro construction...
Well, obvious
Not forgetting that tourism in Venice has a great importance for the economics of the whole area; I guess all the consequences and risks will be analysed very carefully, before really presenting the real project.
When they'll start to work I'll take some photos and I'll post them right here
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 1:05 am
by micro
pinguino79 wrote:When they'll start to work I'll take some photos and I'll post them right here
Oh, great!
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2003 4:10 pm
by Donald
Today, my newspaper had an article about the new "Sublagunare" project announced by a group of investors led by Actv, the local public transportation provider. In 7 years they want to build a 8.3 km connection from the airport via Morano to the arsenal for 250 million Euro. The project seems to be quite controversal. My impression: Still no idea when they will really start.
Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2003 9:01 pm
by FlyingFox
you mean a
Lada 
Ford
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 8:39 pm
by Fons
I don't have a car (I'm a kid), my dad has a Ford (American)
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 11:01 am
by arttu
I usually drive European (German) cars, because my both parents have German cars.
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 12:58 pm
by Annie_in_exile
I used to joke that I should go to Paris, drive around the Arc de Triomphe as a female driver in my German car with its Belgian register plates. At least I could test the famous courtesy of the Frenchmen - would they give way and let me into the roundabout and more importantly, let me OUT of it.
(Actually, I HAVE driven around that huge place where 12 streets converge. However, it was a rented French car, so I didn’t stand out of the crowd. And I didn’t crash into anyone!)
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 12:08 am
by Olivier
Donald wrote:My Renault comes from Croatia. Before that I had a Dutch Volvo and berore that a Spanish Opel Corsa.
There are Renault factories, in Croatia?
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 12:09 am
by Olivier
pinguino79 wrote:My family has a glorious tradition of Fiat cars.
My daddy has a Fiat Marea, my mummy a Fiat Punto (the latter fully equipped with CD changer and GPS
)
Hello Nicola!
What do you think about the situation of Fiat, those days?
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 12:37 am
by Olivier
FlyingFox wrote:
you mean a
Lada
A Trabant!
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 12:38 am
by Olivier
Annie_in_exile wrote:I used to joke that I should go to Paris, drive around the Arc de Triomphe as a female driver in my German car with its Belgian register plates. At least I could test the famous courtesy of the Frenchmen - would they give way and let me into the roundabout and more importantly, let me OUT of it.
(Actually, I HAVE driven around that huge place where 12 streets converge. However, it was a rented French car, so I didn’t stand out of the crowd. And I didn’t crash into anyone!)
The Place de l'Etoile (around the Arc de Triomphe) is not as hard as its reputation is!