Economic gloom bonus: fewer hours spent in Swiss traffic jams

Swiss roads: nice, when you're moving Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The number of hours the Swiss spent in traffic jams fell to 10 048 in  2008, the lowest in seven years, the federal roads department says, and this despite a 1 percent increase in traffic on Swiss roads last year. The increase was smaller than in recent years, however, which has averaged 2.4 percent. While the reasons for the drop are not clear, the rhythm was normal at the start of the year but fell in the second half of the

Read this article...