EUROPEAN COMMISSION COMMUTER CAR FLEET REDUCTION BICYCLE ENCOURAGEMENT, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
March 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is buying a fleet of bicycles, to encourage Brussels' Eurocrats to stop driving to work and between meetings. Cycle paths, parking spots and changing rooms will be installed for pedalling officials. And the Commission is offering from 2007 to pay for half a train/tram/bus pass for any of its 22,000 staff willing to forgo coveted access to the institution's car parks. Commission vice-president Siim Kallas claimed the move would "encourage positive changes that have already occurred in our staff's attitudes and ...
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