April 2006

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Hawaii Tourism Authority Releases Resident Sentiments Survey Results

Submitted by Michael Wukoschitz on 16 April, 2006 - 19:39

As long-term trend the report noted a declining belief that tourism has been “mostly good for you and your family,” although the shift has been more to perceptions of “mixed” than to “mostly bad” impacts. The survey found widespread appreciation of positive economic impacts but more questions about social and environmental impacts.

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New standard signalling for trains

Submitted by Michael Wukoschitz on 1 April, 2006 - 03:03

The Commission has adopted Technical Specifications for Interoperability for control/command and signalling on the conventional trans-European railway network. At the moment, more than twenty different signalling and speed control systems are used in Europe, which means that most international passenger and goods trains still have to stop at the border station to change locomotive. The adopted Decision will allow these incompatible systems to be gradually replaced by a single system known by its abbreviation ERTMS (press release IP/06/404 of European Comission.

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