Tag: TAV
Why so Fast? High-speed train crash questions our need for speed
By Leah Temper. Time is money, the argument goes, so the faster the train moves, the faster the economy grows. When deciding on whether to go forward on an infrastructure project, the …
High speed train in Italy. The end of the tunnel?
By Lucie Greyl. It will be almost 20 years since an entire Italian alpine valley started to resist against the development of a new high-speed train line between Lyon and Turin, …
Stop that train! Ideological Conflict and the TAV
These are days of great tension and mobilization in the Susa valley where for two decades citizens are strongly engaged in the defense of their territory against the High Speed …
