Thousands protest in Italy against high-speed train

[DET63]

GIAGLIONE, Italy — Thousands of protesters marched against a planned high-speed train line in northern Italy on Sunday as police turned out in force fearing rioting by militants and hooligans.

Hundreds of women led the peaceful procession from Giaglione to a construction site in the Susa Valley near Turin, wielding wire-cutters aimed at cutting through barriers erected around the controversial site.

But their hopes of doing so were dashed by some 1,700 Italian security forces encircling the site at a wide radius, acting on a threat Saturday by anarchists and other hardcore militants to join the protest.

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[Shawn Ryu]

Italy actually has High speed Rail system in place though.

 

[WhoozOn1st]

According to Google Translate, NIMBY in Italian is "Non nel mio cortile." Closer to home, in Spanish it's "No en mi patio trasero."

I wonder if there are colloquialisms in either language that would make decent acronyms...

 

[DET63]

According to Google Translate, NIMBY in Italian is "Non nel mio cortile." Closer to home, in Spanish it's "No en mi patio trasero."

I wonder if there are colloquialisms in either language that would make decent acronyms...

In Italian, it might get abbreviated to NONEMICO.

For Spanish, it might come out as NEMPTRA.

I don't know if either one is actually used, though.

 

[Joel]

In the transports forum that I'm moderator (Forotransportes.com) we use just NIMBY. "NEMPTRA" sounds creepy

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