Sergio Servadio wrote:

Â*I fault the region for not having reinstated that train after the
Longarone Dam disaster that wiped out the town and railroad junction
with FS Italia.

I doubt that was the reason for abandoning for good the railroad
connection with the upper valley.

Rail service ended with destruction of the junction and right-of-way
in Longarone. The route still exists as a "rails to trails" asphalt
paved route up to Cortina but from there to Dobiaco it lies ready to
use ballast.

Anyhow, Cortina should be regarded as an exceptionally good example of
city planning. There are so many neighborhoods that are impossible to
go through, unless you really know your way around; so they are
untouched by the passing traffic.

It is a jewel to behold in spite of having been a winter Olympic host,
something evident from the Olympic ski jump in the middle of town, so
to speak. It fared better than Val d'Isère that got its coup de grace
with the 1992 winter Olympics.

Let us just hope, God forbid!, they will never build the Autostrada di
Alemagna which would run over Cimabenche and along Vallone di Landro.

....or many other autostrada plans that various business interests are
driving, in the USA and elsewhere.

HSR is an alternative:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=522
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...&postcount=526

With built in sound barrier.

Jobst Brandt