Removing clots from the arteries of our cities

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Issues relating to the congestion charging scheme introduced in London, England, under which a UKPd5/day charge has been levied for access by motor vehicles to the centre of the city, are examined in the light of the scheme's apparent success. Hani Mahmassani, professor of civil engineering at the University of Maryland, states that only drastic action, such as the congestion charging scheme, would have worked in taming the traffic quagmire in London, and he expects other major cities around the world to follow London's example.

Analysis, Social policy, London, England, Traffic congestion

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Feeling curiously cramped lately?

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An analysis of how the number of administrative staff employed by universities in the United States has risen as a result of the increasing amount of red tape involved in fundraising and student recruitment and how the university system in the United Kingdom could be heading in the same direction. It is noted that, at some universities in the US, faculty members are outnumbered by administrators and that once college presidents and academic deans are excluded, the best paid college staff are administrators and not academics.

Labor force information, Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Management dynamics, Personnel administration, Colleges and universities, Management, Human resource management, Universities and colleges, Compensation and benefits, College teachers, College faculty, Employment, Company business management, Company personnel management, College administrators, Educational aspects

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Who gives a damn...

Article Abstract:

Climate change researchers in the United States are doubtful about the commitment of the administration of the U.S. President George W. Bush to slow down global warming. Bush's continued opposition to any relevant bill that might be harmful to U.S. economic interests is influenced and supported by oil and coal industry-backed groups, despite the urgency of the situation.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Science & research, Legal/Government Regulation, Research, Laws, regulations and rules, Bush, George W., Global warming, Environmental policy, Control, Climatic changes, Climate change

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