of amsterdam, and the rest of the city are the suburbs. the whole city, there are 2.2 million people, but the real city of amsterdam, there are less than 800,000, which i think is about the same as san francisco. i will also pass around a few sheets. the important thing is that amsterdam is one of the five major economic central's -- economic centers in europe, and we want to stay that way, and we are an attractive city for international business, like the american and asian companies that like to have business in amsterdam. it is a real nice place to stay. experts like to live in amsterdam, and is accessible from all parts of the world. it is also very important case of cycling. what irony said, 2.2 million and happens, but the last line may be the most important, about 120 kilometers per day traffic jams. that is qu7?) a lot. this distance is not more than 25k. we have a real problem. that is not good for business. for us, it is active transport, really important as a solution for being accessible. ok, does it work? yes. this is the city.

the south of the city. these pictures were shot in 1920 and these are the earliest ever air passengers who flew between amsterdam and croiden which is where most of the battle of britain was coordinated. in fact, king george vi trained here as a pilot. now it's a museum in the middle of an industrial estate. but the alfewer to adapt, it was literally grass fields, meant a close after the war to be replaced by an r.e.f. facility in west london called heathrow. other large airports also developed around the capital, notably gadwick, but they aren't hubs because all passengers using those airports start or end their sunny journey there. heathrow, like it or loath it, is britain's only true hub airport where travelers can connect with flights to almost anywhere in the world. but as most people will agree, heathrow's now full and its owners are screaming out for permission to build another runway. so the fifth major review since the 1960's into airport capacity in the southeast is now under way. although it won't report until late 2015, it could sut expanding at heathrow or gad wick or even building a completely new

lobbying hard for the city's transportation agency to pour a bigger chunk of its budget into bicycling improvements and develop a plan to make san francisco on par with cities like amsterdam, where commuting by bike is standard practice. earlier today i sat down with leah shahum, head of the bike coalition, to hear her vision for the future of cycling in the city. leah, thanks so much for being here. >> thank you. >> let's talk about money and plans. the city is proposing to spend about $200 million to improve and expand biking in the city. and your group says, that's nice, but it's not really enough. in fact, it's not even close to enough. so if 200 million isn't enough, what would you like to see? how would the money be spent? >> that's right. the city's plan calls for spending $500 million over the next 5 years to bring san francisco up to what is really a top tier bicycling city. look at places like copenhagen, 30%, 40% of trips made by bicycle, it's possible. san francisco, itself, increased biking by 70% just in the past 5 years. the city has set its sights for dramatically increasing even more the number of bike trips in the city and has actually set that money goa

is a proposal to open up the weed market to any and all adults over 21, buy a small quantity legally, smoke it openly legally. it is amsterdam in the rockies. the mile-high city ofinviting out of state tourists to come and sample fully legal pot. hold on, you cannot take it home with you. what is bought in colorado must be smoked in colorado. what happens in boulder stays in boulder. if you are okay with that, colorado is your new vacation state. stuart: welcome to the next hour of varney & company. we will have much more on kro -- colorado in a few minutes. but first the city of detroit flat out broke. a state review concluded that detroit does not have a good enough plan to fix its budget mess which includes 14 billion dollars worth of debt and unfunded long-term pension liabilities. looks like bankruptcy or bailout for detroit. now, do you recall one member of the city council there recently asked president obama for that bailout? >> -- our people in an overwhelmingly supported the reelection of this president. there ought to be a quid pro quo and you ought to exercise leadership on that, not just that, but why not? stuart: that's a flat out demand asking for

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