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Train companies will scoop more than £10m in compensation because of a rail shutdown at Christmas and the new year — but millions of passengers who will be affected by the disruption will be denied payouts.
Sunday, 05 November 2017
The Guardian
- Why we can't have nice things: dockless bikes and the tragedy of the commonsBehind this bucolic industry is a multibillion-dollar battle between China’s big tech companies and Silicon Valley, and the nightmare of vandals and parkingIf there is one sad fact that technology has taught us, it’s maybe that we just can’t have nice things. Now Washington DC has become the latest testing ground for what happens when technology and good intentions meet the real world.Brightly coloured bikes began popping up around the US capital in September like little adverts for a better world. On a recent trip two lemon yellow bikes were propped up in the autumn sun by the carousel on the...
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