Grappling With Climate Change and Overtourism, Italy Is Betting Big on Train Travel
Grappling With Climate Change and Overtourism, Italy Is Betting Big on Train Travel
New rail routes will help throngs of tourists get around the country in a sustainable way
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I'd take this bet over building a highway any day.
absolutely, before moving for good, we traveled by train from Copenhagen down to Barcelona...it was an amazing trip.
Now we travel on high speed rails while enjoying the bar car (while someone else drives)
Italian highways are hell during holiday season
I'm in North America, and our highways are hell from about 7am to 7pm every day.
Wait ... There's a time they're not hell?
and also during non-holiday season