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La Voie Bleue: European Cycle Route of the Year is in France
700km bike path linking Luxembourg and Lyon has been crowned winner of the 2026 title
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Before and after: Garonne river floods in south-west France
Satellite images show extent of flooding from back-to-back storms in February
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Home insurance increases expected in France after floods
Compensation costs for the recent storms and flooding across the west and south-west is estimated to be in the billions of euros
SNCF ‘nudges’ clients to behave better
The SNCF is trialling ways to ‘nudge’ users towards better behaviour in stations .
This includes signage telling people they lose calories by using stairs (to minimise anger on days when escalators break down), putting up ‘dead end’ signs to stop people causing a squash by going the ‘wrong’ way down underground passages or ones saying a tree will be planted each time they validate their Navigo pass... “We’re not lying,” the SNCF’s regional head insisted to RTL radio.
