ApocaDocs: Car-free Sunday for smog-struck Milan

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Posted Mon Oct 10 2011: from BBC:


	Car-free Sunday for smog-struck Milan http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1318206008 The northern Italian city of Milan banned all traffic from its streets for 10 hours on Sunday in an attempt to reduce smog. The measure, first imposed on a trial basis in 2007, is triggered whenever pollution exceeds the statutory limit for 12 consecutive days. Satellite imagery shows Milan to be one of the most polluted cities in Europe. An estimated 120,000 vehicles will be affected by the move, according to the Corriere della Sera newspaper. The most polluting vehicles have been banned from driving through the city centre since Thursday. But on Sunday, there was no traffic between 0800 and 1800 local time (06:00-16:00 GMT).

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'Doc Jim says:

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