Fight on San Francisco Muni Bus in Chinatown

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At a ribbon cutting ceremony on Geary and Arguello Boulevards in the Richmond District yesterday, Mayor Gavin Newsom, MTA Chief Nat Ford and representatives from Clear Channel presented the next iteration of the city's bus shelters, the first of 1100 new shelters that will be ins …

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Recession and Reconstruction by Emily Loftis

Obama's recently unveiled plans of a fast rail system symbolically echo the Depression-era reconstruction schemes.

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President Obama unveiled his administration's blueprint for a new national network of high-speed passenger rail lines Thursday, saying such an investment is necessary to reduce traffic congestion, cut dependence on foreign oil and improve the environment.

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Read this article, plus view the accompanying video linked in the article. This is a crying shame and the citizens of the city voted down the levy to increase the taxes to fund public transportation.

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What other transportation infrastructure, they asked, could we instead have for $3.1 billion?

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Metro will receive about $17.5 million in federal stimulus money to replace old buses with energy-efficient models, upgrade its radio system and make other improvements to the Greater Cincinnati bus system.

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Oculus, #12 (1998). Stone mosaic artworks on the walls throughout NYC's Chambers Street station complex (A, C & E trains); also, there is a stone and glass floor mosaic at Park Place entrance, which connects to this station via a tunnel.

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Rep Peter DeFazio has authored an amendment that would increase the level of rail funding in the stimulus bill. It's an excellent idea.

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Washington, D.C., residents are used to tourists, but even they are bracing for the massive amounts of people expected to celebrate Barack Obama's inauguration on January 20.

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Bush is seeking to have a gate placed somewhere along the entrance to streets leading to his future Preston Hollow address.

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A young man allegedly involved in a fight aboard a BART train was shot to death by a BART police officer on the platform of the Fruitvale Station early New Year's Day, in the midst of a brawl between two groups of young train passengers.

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Thousands of North Texans and visitors to North Texas are now fugitives from law, and many don't even know it.

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Joe Biden is best known for his experience in foreign policy issues, but I've long been most excited by the possibility that his strong pro-rail views may have influence in an administration certain to be dominated (like all administrations) by people who don't care about tra …

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Here's a modest nine-point plan for the industry: 1. GM., Ford and Chrysler would be merged into one company to be run as a car/bus/transportation business

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With the oil crisis reaching a zenith and federal lawmakers ready to begin fashioning a new national transportation bill for 2010, Roberts and his colleagues think the future is now for podcars -- electric, automated, lightweight vehicles that ride on their own network separate f …

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Green activists in Tel Aviv, who have been battling the municipality for years over its policy of encouraging the use of private cars, chalked up a small but sweet victory this week. They proved the efficiency of transportation such as buses and bicycles.

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Ditching the Car and Living Urban With a Motorcycle

If you had a pile of steel sitting on the street in front of your house that was costing you $1,500 a year, you'd get rid of it, right? That's my thought, exactly; that 'pile of steel' being my Honda Accord.

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To quote Rachel Maddow: "And do you know how the Bush Administration plans to deal with the looming highway trust fund deficit? Do you know how they plan on handling the fact that fewer people are driving and so the government is taking in less money from the gas tax? They intend …

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Gasoline prices give a a clear measure of consequences of making oil the lifeblood of our economy. As our economic lifeblood, oil is giving us:

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One commuter route has seen passenger loads more than double in the past couple months.

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"Americans drove 1.4 billion fewer highway miles in April of 2008 than in April 2007 while fuel prices and transit ridership are both on the rise."

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Rep. Neil Abercrombie's support for rail shows his lack of understanding of economics.

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