For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
FRANKFORT — Ralph Tharp preaches the gospel of regional commuter trains to those who will lis
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One man's train of thought: A Winchester-Louisville commuter line
The Chinese government has decreed China's high-speed trains should run slower to help reduce costs for passengers.
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A home owner rests after bailing out his house and laying newspapers to soak up excess water from the floor after flooding caused by heavy rain in Singapore. Photo courtesy: AFP.
More here: Model city Singapore shows symptoms of urban stress
One said hes ready to raise taxes on the rich. One said hes not. One said hes ready to launch universal pre-kindergarten public education in Connecticut and spend more state money to promote tourism. One said hes not.
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Malloy Plays To Base, Lamont To Middle
Ships, long used to transport goods overseas, may be used to transport goods within the United States. It would be far more efficient.
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DOT to Turn Underused Waterways Into Maritime Highways
The urban farm -- a novel, even whimsical, idea a few years ago in Pittsburgh -- is now a movement so fully fledged that a neighborhood without one seems almost an anomaly.
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Pleasanton is moving forward with efforts to reduce energy use and implement environmentally friendly programs. The city council heard a progress report from Daniel Smith at last weeks meeting. Much of the work has been accomplished by the citys new Committee on Energy and Environment.
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Pleasanton Ahead of the Curve on Energy Planning
How we'll be traveling in the next 100 years. This is the fifth part in an eight-part series on the future of transportation. New articles published every Monday. We have a good idea of what the near-term future of transportation will look like: hybrid vehicles, like the Chevy Volt; electric cars, such as the Tesla Roadster; the rickshaw-cum-Segway known as the General Motors P.U.M.A.; and high ...
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A new report offers a bleak outlook for the Caribbean hotel industry.
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Travel Notes: Tourism drops in Caribbean (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Last spring I moderated a panel at GOOD's offices here in L.A. about public transportation and the community. As discussions about public transit and Los Angeles often do, it got pretty heated towards the end as the panelists and a few members of the audience argued about what was most responsible for preventing the construction of a major subway line running from downtown to the Pacific Ocean: ...
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