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Christmas train makes lifesaving emergency stop
(Sacramento television station CBS 13 posted the following article on its website on December 20.) WILLITS, Calif. -- A Christmas train makes a lifesaving emergency stop in the mountains near the town of Willits. Nature lover John Harrington was trying to live in the...
Making transit a funding priority
(The following editorial by Peter Javsicas was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on December 21.) PHILADELPHIA -- Voters across America are saying yes to investments in transportation alternatives. They want alternatives to ever-more-expensive driving,...
Making transit a funding priority
(The following editorial by Peter Javsicas was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on December 21.) PHILADELPHIA -- Voters across America are saying yes to investments in transportation alternatives. They want alternatives to ever-more-expensive driving,...
Railroad boom hits environmental, ‘not in my backyard’ snags
(The following article by Ron Scherer was posted on the Christian Science Monitor website on December 21.) PICACHO, ARIZ. -- From his ostrich ranch, Rooster Cogburn looks out over a broad mesa covered with cactuses, pecan groves, and alfalfa. In the distance, the...
Railroad boom hits environmental, ‘not in my backyard’ snags
(The following article by Ron Scherer was posted on the Christian Science Monitor website on December 21.) PICACHO, ARIZ. -- From his ostrich ranch, Rooster Cogburn looks out over a broad mesa covered with cactuses, pecan groves, and alfalfa. In the distance, the...
Opinion: SEPTA budget solution: fare to middling
(The Philadelphia Daily News posted the following editorial on its website on December 20.) PHILADELPHIA -- SEPTA has robbed Peter to pay Paul to resolve this year's budget deficit, but at least it hasn't robbed riders by imposing a fare increase. Merry Christmas....
Opinion: SEPTA budget solution: fare to middling
(The Philadelphia Daily News posted the following editorial on its website on December 20.) PHILADELPHIA -- SEPTA has robbed Peter to pay Paul to resolve this year's budget deficit, but at least it hasn't robbed riders by imposing a fare increase. Merry Christmas....
STB to hold January 31 public hearing on simplified standards for rail rate cases
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following news release on December 19.) WASHINGTON -- The Surface Transportation Board announced today that the agency will hold a January 31, 2007 public hearing regarding proposed changes to its procedures for determining...
STB to hold January 31 public hearing on simplified standards for rail rate cases
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following news release on December 19.) WASHINGTON -- The Surface Transportation Board announced today that the agency will hold a January 31, 2007 public hearing regarding proposed changes to its procedures for determining...
Kalikow riding his dream to the end
(Newsday posted the following article by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher on its website on December 19.) NEW YORK -- There will be a renewed push for MTA chairman Peter Kalikow's long-sought-after dream of merging the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North when the proposal is...
