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News log 2009 week 4

Sears Island Success
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA
The Department of Transportation, which has been unable to market the island as a potential port location for more than 10 years is also a winner. ...
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News log 2009 week 3

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

For Madeline Island, wind sled is a lifeline
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA
Jauch got a provision passed in 2007 that allots money to transport pupils over ice from their home on an island to school on the mainland - a measure that ...
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news log 2009 week 2

Cubans Continue to Struggle to Get Around Island 50 Years After ...
Voice of America - USA
On this day, Odalys was traveling with her 18-year old niece when she explained the government's way of dealing with fuel and transportation shortages. ...
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Work Crews Prepare For More Storms
MSNBC - USA
OAHU, Hawaii - In December, heavy rains destroyed homes and roadways and with the possibility of more storms on the way, work crews across the island are ...
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news log 2009 week 1

Moyer seeks way to revive No. 921 to rail stop
Baltimore Sun - United States
... but originate on Kent Island, and transport riders into Washington proper near several Metro stops. Moyer said she has asked her transportation director ...
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A vision for Staten Island takes shape
Staten Island Advance - SILive.com - Staten Island,NY,USA
There's a lot of open questions on Staten Island," said Jonathan Peters, a professor at the College of Staten Island (CSI) and the transportation expert for ...
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news log 32

What went wrong? Fatal accident's cause a mystery
StarNewsOnline.com - Wilmington,NC,USA
3 when a girder collapsed during the construction of the new Oak Island Bridge. By Shelby Sebens Officials are giving no hint as to why a 121-ton girder ...
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New York Times

Dreaming of Infrastructure as Federal Aid Beckons
New York Times - United States
The Long Island Rail Road’s tunnel to Grand Central Terminal. Upgraded Long Island Expressway interchanges. Inventing and manufacturing clean-energy ...
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news log 30

Island commuter rail plan in the works, Falcon says
Globe and Mail - Canada
... look at commuter rail service to ease traffic troubles on southern Vancouver Island and in the Fraser Valley, Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon said. ...
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Week in transportation, Nov. 28 edition
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
A federal judge ruled that automakers -- including General Motors and Chrysler -- can't sue the state of Rhode Island for trying to adopt tighter emission ...

news log 29

For LIRR riders doomsday budget means less service and suspended ...
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... Long Island Bus passengers would get socked with whopping fare hikes and widespread service cutbacks under the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's ...
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City rule may close 2 Island faith-based homeless shelters
Staten Island Advance - SILive.com - Staten Island,NY,USA

news log 28

Surely the people most affected by a new bridge should have some say
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
The debate over the Kettle Island bridge is heating up again. The tragic death of a senior citizen recently reinforces the need for a new bridge (or ...
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From casinos to family entertainment
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
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