EUROPEAN COMMISSION OFFICIALS BICYCLE FLEET PUBLIC TRANSPORT BUS PASSES, BELGIUM, BRUSSELS
March 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRUSSELS' usually well-paid Eurocrats are accustomed to taxis, first-class air travel and even chauffeurs, so environment-inspired European Commission plans to buy bicycles for its 22,000 staff may come as a shock. Cycle paths and parking spots will be installed, with the Commission investing in changing rooms, so that pedalling officials are not sweaty and smelly when they attend high powered meetings. And the Commission is offering from 2007 to pay for half a train/tram/bus pass for Eurocrats willing to forgo coveted access to the ...
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