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  • Cycling from Nyon To Geneva and Back

    Cycling from Nyon To Geneva and Back

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesCatching the train to Geneva and back to Nyon costs about 14CHF per day, depending on whether you have paid 180 CHF for the half fare or not. In contrast two Continent GP 5000 tires cost about 110CHF and you can go to Geneva and back a few hundred times.  The loop…

  • Three Lanes Are Better Than Two

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThree lanes are always better than two but environmentalists are against expanding from two lanes to three lanes because they say that having three lanes will promote the use of the car. I believe that this is a flawed argument. The A1 motorway between Geneva and Lausanne is often congested because when…

  • On the Potential of Self-Driving Cars

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen people write about self-driving cars they write from the perspective of people living in cities. I live in the Swiss countryside at the foot of the Jura which results in me seeing the potential of self-driving cars differently. For a start at the moment buses operate from 5 in the morning to…