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

  
  The Latest Word — Authority: 678
  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...
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• Tentative agreement reached on 494/169 interchange

  
  Jordan Independent - News, sports, politics, blogs and forums for Jordan, Minnesota • (952) 492-2224 — Authority: 491
  By Leah Shaffer, Correspondent The Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), have to come to a tentative agreement on how to design a new interchange for Highway 169 and Interstate Highway 494, according to state Rep. Jenifer Loon, R-Eden Prairie. Loon has been one of the ...
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• Sabre Global Trends Survey: Appetite Grows for Mobile Travel Services

  
  Your Story — Authority: 158
  SOUTHLAKE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Travelers young and old are increasingly using mobile devices for flight notification, check in, and seat selection, and are also willing to acc
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• 275 MPG eVARO Electric Vehicle Goes From 0 to 60 in 5 Seconds

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 745
  The Progressive Automotive X-Prize is heating up as the May 2010 start date approaches, and one of our favorite entrants is the eVARO, a three-wheeled plug-in hybrid from Future Vehicles Technology . The sleek electric vehicle can go from 0 to 60 MPH in 5 seconds and purportedly reaches 275 mpg under certain ...
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• Michigan’s road woes are accelerating in the direction of even more potholes

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 667
  A couple stories in Detroit’s daily newspapers today point to a big double whammy for anyone who drives: deteriorating roads and a declining pot of public money to fix them. The Detroit Free Press reports that a study by the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association concludes that “the percentage ...
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• Priceline.com Third-quarter Profit Rises

  
  FOXNews.com — Authority: 944
  Priceline.com Third-quarter Profit Rises
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• On Our Radar ...

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 744
  Why the G.O.P. loves nuclear energy and other energy and environment news from around the Web.
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• Knoxville ranks as a safe place to walk

  
  KnoxViews - — Authority: 515
  A report from Transportation for America (T4America) and the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership "ranks metropolitan areas based on th... read more
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• Hybrid vehicles collide more often with pedestrians and cyclists

  
  NJN Network — Authority: 490
  Prius drivers look out By George Gombossy, Connecticut Watchdog Proving a maxim that all things positive also have negative aspects, it turns out that hybrid electric vehicles have a higher incidence rate of pedestrian and bicyclist collisions than regular vehicles. ConsumerReports.Org said today that a recent ...
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• Infrastructure, Design and Use Make Safe Streets.

  
  Across the Great Divide — Authority: 425
  The Pioneer Press reports that the Twin Cities had the safest streets for pedestrians among the nation’s 52 largest metropolitan areas, according to a report by Transportation for America. The study [...] concluded the Twin Cities’ investment in trails, sidewalks, dedicated bike-pedestrian bridges and other ...
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• 600 Million Pounds Added To UKs Finance by BAE

  
  Latest Newspaper Headlines | Current Events — Authority: 449
  The warship industry continues to thrive in UK as reports have come through that the warship division of BAE Systems Surface Ships, based in Glasgow, has funded more than 600 Million Pounds to the UK government. BAE has more than 8000 employees in total and it is a very interesting fact that 3400 employees are ...
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• School Transportation – Random Twitter Poem for Nov 9th

  
  Wanderer Thoughts — Authority: 531
  School Transportation is a poem that is inspired by the news stories of bullies and beatings that occur on school buses. I must admit I had my own fair share of memories to draw from in creating this poem today. Poem inspired by the 13 random words provided (in blue) by the following twitter followers: ...
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• Standoff near Columbus

  
  Nebraska Radio Network — Authority: 147
  32 year old Columbus, Nebraska man was taken into custody after a three hour standoff Sunday at a rural farmhouse that belonged to his stepfather. Jeremy Kudron surrendered to officials after leading them on a high speed chase through three counties. The search for Kudron started after reports that he had kidnapped is ...
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• U.K. Government Announces Major Cycling Investment

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  The British Government’s Cycling Demonstration Towns, the Peak District National Park and sustainable transport charity Sustrans are set to benefit from a £10m package of cycling improvements, Transport Minister Sadiq Khan has announced. The funding – which is the remaining allocation of the Government’s £60m ...
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• CHSRA Initiates Statewide Land Use Planning Effort (Source: California High Speed Rail Blog)

  
  Pedestrian View Of Los Angeles — Authority: 130
  Link: California High Speed Rail Blog: CHSRA Initiates Statewide Land Use Planning Effort Sunday, November 8, 2009 CHSRA Initiates Statewide Land Use Planning Effort San Francisco Chronicle architecture columnist John King writes today of an ambitious state planning project known as Vision California. The ...
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• Green renovation is important component of green “building”

  
  Downtown Voices Coalition — Authority: 432
  In the 2004 report, “ Downtown Voices: Creating a Sustainable Downtown ,” adaptive reuse is recommended as a way to help maintain a diverse, lively urban center.  Today, with “sustainability” all the rage and with GreenBuild coming to town, adaptive reuse is touted as a tool for land conservation and ...
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• Getting bullet train, Gold Line on track (Source: DailyBulletin.com)

  
  Pedestrian View Of Los Angeles — Authority: 130
  Link: Getting bullet train, Gold Line on track - DailyBulletin.com Getting bullet train, Gold Line on track David Allen, Staff Writer Created: 11/07/2009 06:06:59 AM PST HIGH-SPEED RAIL may one day travel through the Inland Valley, although the process itself is moving at low speed. By late 2012, a precise ...
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• LTCC Opposes Regional Connector Build Alternatives (Source: Rafu Shimpo)

  
  Pedestrian View Of Los Angeles — Authority: 130
  Link: LTCC Opposes Regional Connector Build Alternatives – Rafu Shimpo LTCC Opposes Regional Connector Build Alternatives By GWEN MURANAKA RAFU ENGLISH EDITOR IN CHIEF === The Little Tokyo Community Council on Tuesday stated its opposition to the two current build alternatives proposed for the Metro ...
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• Man shot by Lincoln police officer

  
  Nebraska Radio Network — Authority: 147
  An 18 year old Lincoln man is recovering after being shot in the arm by a Lincoln police officer Saturday afternoon. Brian Hassenplug is in stable condition. He is accused of trying to run over a Lincoln police officer and ramming several parked vehicles including a squad car. After the incident, Hassenplug took off ...
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• atlanta purposely slowing downtown traffic

  
  ATLmalcontent — Authority: 435
  And you thought it was already slow enough. Not according to city planners, which has adopted a *”road diet” strategy to make downtown’s streets more pedestrian-friendly. *A modification of a road or street that narrows the road by removing travel lanes. Most commonly, a road diet involves the conversion of ...
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