news log 1: islands and transportation

Starting this week, and from now on every week I will post some headlines relevant to the focus of this blog.

Sauvie Island Bridge move set for second vote
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Mayor Tom Potter has also opposed it, arguing that the city must address more pressing transportation issues. The new proposal still includes a no-bid ...
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LIRR's plans to reduce gaps to cost $46 million
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
BY STEVE RITEA | steve.ritea@newsday.com 6:22 PM EDT, April 24, 2008 The Long Island Rail Road will spend $3.7 million attaching metal plates to the base of ...
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Hilo Airport No. 1 for lowest air fare
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Big Island had the lowest air fare of the top 100 airports in the nation during the fourth quarter of 2007, according to the Bureau of Transportation ...
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Driver carrying construction equipment crashes into H-1 overpass
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
Engineers with the state Department of Transportation determined that the overpass is structurally sound, said Scott Ishikawa, DOT spokesman. ...
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Officials, fisherman prefer Near Island ferry terminal site
Kodiak Daily Mirror - Kodiak,AK,USA
Jane Gendron, environmental analyst with the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Safety, said she would like to receive written comments for both ...
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Program to recall Alameda's rail days
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Transportation was a powerful force that influenced the development of Alameda, a peninsula turned into an island in 1902 when the tidal canal severed the ...
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Turtle Island Whale Trip launched at Wushih Harbor
China Post - Taipei,Taiwan
... to visitors including accommodation, food and transportation. Shallow and flat, the sea area around Turtle Island is a perfect whale-watching site. ...
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Wide use of tolls could unclog roads, Seattle study says
Seattle Times - United States
Jim Horn, R-Mercer Island, a longtime toll skeptic. He says regionwide tolling is really about "rationing your roadways and harming your quality of life. ...
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