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NYC's Bike Lanes Are 'Homegrown Terrorism,' Say Red-Faced Opponents [1]

"'Share the Road' has one potential fatal flaw: It involves sharing, which a lot of purported adults haven't really mastered. Matthew Shaer's exhaustive history of the NYC bike lane struggle, in this week's New York magazine, shows just how much people have to mature before a community -- even Brooklyn -- can become truly bike-friendly. Step one: Stop calling bike lanes 'homegrown terrorism.'"

Transportation [2]
Public [3]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [4]
Source: Grist [5], 03/22/2011
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"Obama Administration Plans $53 Billion High-Speed Rail Investment" [6]

"To accelerate construction of a national high-speed intercity passenger rail network, the Obama administration plans to invest $53 billion over six years, Vice President Joe Biden announced Tuesday."

Transportation [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: ENS [8], 02/11/2011
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February 10, 2011

Information Session at Columbia University – Master of Science in Sustainability Management [9]

Sustainability Management (M.S.) program information session at Columbia University in NYC, Feb 10th at 6:30pm

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Nuclear Power & Radiation [19]
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"Analysis: Arctic Iron Mine Raises Concerns Over Ship Traffic" [29]

"A truce called in a bidding war for Canada's Baffinland Iron Mines sets the stage for an environmental battle over the Arctic project and the impact of shipping the ore through ocean ice to world markets."

Pollution [16]
Transportation [2]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [3]
Canada [30]
Source: Reuters [31], 01/19/2011
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"In Los Angeles, Big Step Ahead for Mass Transit" [32]

"LOS ANGELES — This auto-obsessed city — a place where people love their cars almost as much as they hate the traffic — has embarked on the biggest expansion of its mass transit system in decades, an effort to change the way people navigate its sprawling and clogged streets and freeways."

Transportation [2]
Public [3]
California [33]
Source: NYTimes [34], 11/26/2010
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Interest in High-Speed Rail Is Widespread [35]

The Department of Transportation awarded $2.4 billion for 54 projects in 23 states. The winners were selected from 132 applicants in 32 states, who had asked for a total of $8.8 billion for planning, construction, equipment purchases, and other closely related efforts.

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"State Projects Will Drive Funding for High-Speed Rail" [38]

"The Obama administration plans to reallocate money designated for high-speed rail if the states granted the funds reject them."

Transportation [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Wash Post [39], 11/16/2010
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EPA Proposes Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy Trucks, Buses [40]

The standards, now in a 60-day comment period, cover three types of heavy trucks but would not apply to vehicles built before the 2014 model year.

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3/4 of Public Transportation Measures Approved in 2010 [41]

Some involved new fees, taxes, or bonds, while others didn't dip into voters' wallets. Get a thumbnail sketch of each measure, and its fate at the hands of voters

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"A High-Speed Derailment" [42]

As newly minted GOP governors vow to reject billions stimulus money going to their states for high-speed rail, the incoming chair of the House Transportation Committee envisions redirecting the money to the Eastern rail corridor that brings tourists to his state.

Transportation [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [43], 11/05/2010
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