Rugby World Cup 2023 is attempting to be more environmentally sustainable. Emissions should decline, but Greenpeace shows troubling fossil fuel sponsorships persist.
The French government has been left with egg on its face after its rail division canceled a key route into the country's most popular tourist destination, Disneyland Paris, just days after it banned short-haul air flights in favor of train travel.
Eurostar has secured the funding necessary to keep its Channel Tunnel train service running following a catastrophic year that had the company teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.
During George W. Bush’s first term, behind closed doors at the U.S. DOT’s Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, the Department of Defense and Transportation was planning the world’s first hydrogen locomotive.
There is good news for French TGV, Ouigo and TER travelers on Thursday January 16, as the SNCF promises 80-100% of these services, but Intercités trains are still seriously hit. In Paris, only 3 of 16 Metro lines are up and running fully, with as few as 1 in 3 trains on other subway and suburban RER
As the French transport strike enters its 40th day, with signs of a gradual easing, the SNCF national rail company is selling off half a million train tickets in a bid to win back thousands of defected customers.
People took to the streets in France today, bringing the country to another halt on Day 36 of nationwide strikes against President Macron's proposed pension reforms.
Now entering their 12th day running, on Monday December 16, the strikes which are crippling French and Paris transport networks threaten to ruin Christmas holiday plans for French and tourists alike. Stay informed and plan ahead, with transport alternatives for the worst-case scenario.
As the French transport crisis enters its 9th day, travelers will again face frustration and confusion. Only one in four TGV trains are running; international services like Thalys are cut too. In Paris 8 to 10 out of 16 metro lines are shut, and suburban RER services are few. Stay informed!
As strikes continue across France, transport is in chaos, even at a gridlock in the capital, with 10 metro lines closed and only one in two or three other Paris region trains and buses running. National, regional and local services are highly disrupted and remain up in the air for coming days.
Train strikes are difficult to avoid in France. They regularly disrupt national and regional lines, and the Paris Metro and RER. Current strikes are hitting Atlantic TGV destinations. Here are a few tips for lightning the impact, though no traveler–as for resident–will ever be strike-proof in France
The French government has announced a reform of the national railways company SNCF in reaction to which the railway unions are considering strike action of up to a month. They have to act swiftly and decisively to push through reforms that other political leaders either failed or did not dare to do.