jimk
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Side topic: I do a lot of road tripping, primarily to get to skiing, but also in the off-season for leisure purposes in my retirement. I'd get a kick out of some more detailed impressions from World Traveler about American motels, roadside restaurants and attractions, traffic, driving habits. I understand he noted how extensive our highway system is, but I haven't read his full report/blog on his US visit.
When in Switzerland recently I was very impressed with the intense use of trollies, bicycles (including e-bikes), and buses in urban areas, and of course the railway network throughout rural areas and even weaving among ski trails on the mountains (Grindelwald-Mannlichen). I stayed in downtown Bern for 3 days and during daylight hours there were electric trollies passing our hotel every 10 seconds! The ratio may have been 1 trolly for every 5 cars, and they were often full.
Don't get me going on the magnificent European ski lift infrastructure. They would have filled LCC or BCC with 50 lifts each by now
When in Switzerland recently I was very impressed with the intense use of trollies, bicycles (including e-bikes), and buses in urban areas, and of course the railway network throughout rural areas and even weaving among ski trails on the mountains (Grindelwald-Mannlichen). I stayed in downtown Bern for 3 days and during daylight hours there were electric trollies passing our hotel every 10 seconds! The ratio may have been 1 trolly for every 5 cars, and they were often full.
Don't get me going on the magnificent European ski lift infrastructure. They would have filled LCC or BCC with 50 lifts each by now
