Travel Pulse: Thai Parliament to Decide on High Speed Rail and Cruise Investments
Myanmar's LCC, Scoot in Taiwan and HSR study #aviation #hsr #transport - Transport Issues of the Day3/29/2013
Business Insider: New Study Shows How High Speed Rail Improves the Quality of Urban Life
This is a result of the study by UCLA and Tsinghua University. HSR will increase property value, decrease commuting time, reducing congestions, more people live in the secondary cities, etc. This also happens after Kyushu Shinkansen started the operation in Japan. I was very luck to be able to see Mansai Nomura's divine dance Sanbaso at Guggenheim Museum today. Guggenheim usually doesn't use the hall for this kind of performing arts but the modern structure of the building goes quite well with the stage of this traditional dance. The kimono and the wall hangings were specially designed by a famous Japanese artist, Hiroshi Sugimoto. One Drawing Each Day No. 80. Drawing a man's (human's ) face is difficult.
Railway Gazette: 'Fastest series-built train in Europe' unveiled
The new high-speed rail train set will run in 360km/h from 2014. That will be the fastest commercial services in the world. The speed competition has become intense. One Drawing Each Day No. 79.
March is a farewell season. Today we had a farewell party in our office.
European airlines operating margin 2012 (% of revenue) and change from 2011 (percentage points) CAPA: European airline's financial results in 2012 There is a striking difference in operating margin between LCC and legacy carriers. CAPA: Low-cost airline Peach boldly pursues Japan-Southeast Asia one-stop market using new Okinawa base If you look at the map below, you can see that Okinawa is located at the centre of Asia. Here are some of the unique point of Peach operation:
Travel Pulse: Tourism Australia Gets Tactical Product Support from Down Under Endeavours One Drawing Each Day No. 78.
It snowed yesterday. It's already the end of March and it still snows. Where is spring?
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