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News From around the Globe

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Gabriel Lopez-Bernal
on August 31, 2007
in Barcelona, Beijing, Charter Flights, Congestion Pricing, IBM, Olympics, Shanghai, Subway and Vatican
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Via klm_md11’s Flickr…

The Vatican has launched an airline of sorts offering passengers (on a chartered aircraft similar to the one above) seats to key pilgrimage sites. Initial plans call for flights to Spain, Poland, and the Middle East, however talks are in the works to fly to Mexico.

  • Beijing’s plan to limit driving in the capital city during the Olympics to curb air pollution, turned out be a big flop last week during the three day trial period. It goes to show that there is no “quick fix” to the detrimental effects of our oil addiction.

Vatican’s Ten Commandments (for drivers)

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Gabriel Lopez-Bernal
on June 20, 2007
in Driving, Miami, Rude Drivers, Traffic and Vatican
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No Joke. I don’t think I could have concocted this story had I tried. I wish the Vatican had been a little more proactive, the “Ten Commandments of Living a Sustainable Life” would have worked just as well…

The Vatican’s Ten Commandments for drivers:

1. You shall not kill.
2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.
5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
7. Support the families of accident victims.
8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
10. Feel responsible toward others.

Apparently, this list hasn’t gotten around to everyone in Miami…