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• Obama Admin to propose federal oversight of rail systems

  
  osmoothie — Authority: 488
  The Washington Post, “ Federal oversight of subways proposed ” by Joe Stephens and Lena H. Sun “After the [Metro] train crash, we were all sitting around here scratching our heads, saying, ‘Hey, we’ve got to do something about this,’ ” Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in an interview. ...
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• Schools and Additional Police Top C.B. 10 Budget List by Stephen Geffon - Queens Chronicle

  
  Lost in the Ozone... — Authority: 436
  Read original... The construction of new schools to alleviate overcrowding in the community and the assignment of additional uniformed police officers to the 106th Precinct to increase visibility and reduce response time are the most important Community Board 10 budget priorities for fiscal year 2011, says C.B. 10 ...
  20 hours ago

• White House pushing for answers to airline industry woes

  
  Gadling — Authority: 690
  Filed under: North America , United States , Airlines The Obama Administration is taking a closer look at the airline industry with the hopes that something can be fixed. Transportation Secretary Roy LaHood is pulling together a panel that will investigate the problems the industry faces and hopefully ...
  2 days ago

• The ultimate punishment? Internet travel agency faces record fine for advertising violations

  
  elliott.org — Authority: 583
  The online travel agency Ultimate Fares faces $600,000 in government fines for failing to include taxes and service fees in its airfares, a U.S. Department of Transportation Administrative Law Judge has ruled. The fine would be the largest ever assessed for advertising violations, according to...
  3 days ago

• Numerous Local, Regional Roads Closed by High Water

  
  Appomattox Area News — Authority: 439
  Beware flooded roads Numerous roads are reported closed by high water in Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax and Pittsylvania counties in the Lynchburg District of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and while the rain continues, high winds have also brought down trees throughout the area. Motorists are urged ...
  4 days ago

• Nor’easter Update

  
  Lola's Curmudgeonly Musings on Life, Love & Other Trifles — Authority: 121
  This is what we look like today:Satellite image for Mid Atlantic, 7:35 a.m., November 12, 2009 It’s raining . . . It’s pouring . . . The dogs are all snoring . . .Just an update. The storm outside has not stopped. Wind gusts today are expected to get up to 60 mph. Rainfall by Friday [...]
  4 days ago

• Brooklyn Banks lost forever?

  
  HUCK magazine — Authority: 444
  The New York City Department of Transportation have announced that they will be closing down the Brooklyn Banks until 2014 . The legendary skate spot will be used for storage while they restoring the bridge above. But this is not the first time the banks have been threatened. Back in 2004, they were almost ...
  4 days ago

• How Safe Are The Bridges Near You?

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 576
  WARREN COUNTY—With the closing of the Lake Champlain bridge due to structural deficiencies, there has been an heightened awareness of bridge safety. A disturbing 41% of the bridges in Warren County are structurally deficient by New York State standards, according to data released Tuesday by the state Department of ...
  5 days ago

• Are Street Cleaning Days a Scam?

  
  Sheepshead Bites — Authority: 136
  The photo above shows a large amount of Autumn leaves collected on East 19 Street between Avenue X and Avenue Y. In the late afternoon of Thursday, November 5, 2009 many of the car owners have already moved their vehicles in preparation of the alternate side of the street cleaning rule that prohibits parking from 8:30 ...
  6 days ago

• New site studies why (and where) wildlife cross the road

  
  The Latest Word — Authority: 676
  A newly launched website allows Colorado motorists to log on and report sightings of wildlife along the I-70 corridor between Golden and Glenwood Springs. While handy for alerting highway m...
  1 week ago

• DOT: Champlain Bridge Too Unstable To Repair

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 576
  CROWN POINT—Engineers have declared that the 80-year-old Champlain Bridge is too unstable to be renovated and recommend demolishing the bridge for the safety of motorists and boaters.The transportation agencies from New York and Vermont released a report Monday and New York Gov. David Paterson and Vermont Gov. Jim ...
  1 week ago

• Journal examines state worker’s ‘charmed life’ in Richardson administration

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 598
  The Albuquerque Journal had a stellar, two-part report this weekend about a top manager at the state Department of Transportation. (Click  here for Part 1 and  here for Part 2.) To get you interested, here are the first few paragraphs of Part 1 of the report: “Lawrence Barreras is supervising 150 employees, ...
  1 week ago

• Hey DOT: Finish what you started

  
  theCLog — Authority: 490
  Today, Gov. Bev Perdue is planning to announce some sort of super secret funding plan that will allow the Department of Transportation to finish the I-485 loop, which they began building more than 20 years ago. Officials said Sunday that Perdue is scheduled to reveal the financing method that would pay for the ...
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• DDOT Lays New Streetcar Tracks in Anacostia, Traffic Delays Expected

  
  Housing Complex — Authority: 549
  Just like they did on H Street back in August , the D.C. Department of Transportation is now laying down tracks in Anacostia. The trains on this line are expected to be up and running by 2012. Starting today, traffic by the intersection of South Capitol Street and Firth Sterling Avenue, will be subject to a half ...
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• VDOT Prepared for Winter

  
  Appomattox Area News — Authority: 439
  Getting ready for 2009 snow season As the 2009-2010 winter season approaches, emergency response, including snow- and ice-removal operations, continues unchanged as a core service, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). “We remain committed to our mission as an emergency response agency. ...
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• Heavy traffic jams at the Southeast Expressway due to road work

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
  Massachusetts, Nov 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There have been enormous traffic jams throughout the whole of eastern Massachusetts due to a spate of numerous state road projects from Bourne to Lowell.“You can’t escape the traffic,” said Arthur Brussard, owner of Truck Courier in Woburn. “It’s extremely disruptive.” ...
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• Part 4. Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Gets in Bed with the Cato Institute.

  
  Featured States News — Authority: 158
  Original Author:  SocratesChildren   Ninety percent (90%) of the opinion in the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (WCIJ) report on high speed rail is status quo, anti-public investment, and emphatically Cato Institute doctrine. This essay present eleven (11) ...
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• Commonwealth Considers Revisions to Six-Year Improvement Plan

  
  Appomattox Area News — Authority: 439
  The Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 1, to solicit public comments about essential rail, transit, transportation demand management, bicycle, pedestrian and highway projects in the Working Draft of the Revised Fiscal Year 2010-2015 Six-Year Improvement Program (SYIP) ...
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• Ave U, Gravesend Stations Delayed: No Surprises

  
  Sheepshead Bites — Authority: 136
  Just one month shy of the first-year anniversary of construction at the Avenue U and Gravesend Neck Road train stations , the sites reek of the failures soon to ail the rest of the line. Artists rendering of completed station rehabilitation at Neck Road. The station will have wider platforms, larger ...
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• Toll roads, train terminal deals, and MARTA’s clean bill of health

  
  Fresh Loaf — Authority: 562
  A quick rundown in the weeks transit and transportation news
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