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Pace suburban buses to raise fares 25 cents
Chicago Tribune reporterAlready jolted by the CTA's announcement Thursday that it planned to increase fares, commuters can expect more of the same from Pace next week. The suburban bus line is looking at a 25-cent increase in fares, which would bring its base fare to $1.75 in a...Tags: Sales, Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, Transportation, Budgets and Budgeting
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Dodgers Fans: Take the Trolley
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDo you like trolleys? Dodger fans with tickets for Sunday's NLCS home opener at 5:22 p.m., this is an excellent time to find out. Because in all the excitement in Blue Heaven over the home team's ascension to the league championship series for the... -
Fatal bus crash in California highlights lure of casinos for lonely, cash-strapped seniors
Associated Press WriterSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ The casinos run by American Indian tribes in Northern California work to attract lonely seniors on fixed incomes by offering cheap transportation on charter buses like the one that crashed over the weekend, killing eight people...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Gaming and Lotteries, Retirement, Tourism and Leisure, Drunk Driving
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Fatal crash shows lure of gambling
The Associated PressThe casinos run by American Indian tribes in Northern California work to attract lonely seniors on fixed incomes by offering cheap transportation on charter buses like the one that crashed over the weekend, killing eight people and injuring dozens. The...Tags: Road Accidents, Gaming and Lotteries, Tourism and Leisure, Casino and Gambling Industry, Transportation Accidents
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High Fuel Prices Spur 24 Million Americans to Use Mass Transit, Survey Finds
Edmunds.comSpurred by high fuel prices, 24 million Americans - or 11 percent of the country's adult population - are using buses, light rail or other forms of public transportation, according to a nationwide survey commissioned by HNTB Companies and released today.... -
AutoblogGreen for 10.09.08
Autoblog.comFiled under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green click to visit AutoblogGreen It's an AutoblogGreen small car extravaganza. We've got news on the Toyota iQ, the Tata Nano, the VW up!-based electric car coming from Audi and mega-sized MINIs. How small can you go?... -
Valparaiso begins bus service to Chicago
A new commuter bus service between Valparaiso and downtown Chicago had fewer that two dozen passengers on its first day, but officials hope it will spur expansion of the South Shore rail line to the northwest Indiana city. Twelve people took the first...Tags: South Shore
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Driver in Calif. bus crash didn't have commercial license, officials say
Associated Press WriterSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ The bus that crashed and killed eight people on a Northern California road was driven by a man who wasn't properly licensed and owned by another man who had claimed to be the vehicle's only driver, state officials said Tuesday....Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Murder, Drunk Driving, Corporations, Road Accidents
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Officials of Metrolink operator comment on deadly crash
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTop officials with the firm that contracts to run Metrolink trains made their first public comments Sunday night about last month's deadly head-on collision of a passenger train with a Union Pacific freight train in Chatsworth. "Words cannot express...Tags: Union Pacific Corporation, Human Mishaps, Engineering, Chatsworth, Transportation Accidents
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Saving gas, beyond the car
Consumer ReportsTaking a hard look at the relationship between peak oil (when the maximum rate of oil extraction is reached) and water shortages paints a grim picture. Oil supplies from non-OPEC sources have already peaked, according to Dr. Peter Wells, an oil industry... -
Assessing transit
Howard County is beginning an assessment of its bus service, Howard Transit, to develop recommendations for expanding service and making capital improvements. A consultant's interim report, presented June 24 at the meeting of the Howard County Public...Tags: Ellicott City
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BRAC-linked road, transit projects facing big delays
Maryland's projected revenue shortfall has already delayed more than $114 million in road and transit projects intended to meet the demands of the BRAC military base expansion coming to Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County and Fort Meade in Anne...Tags: Fort Meade, Aberdeen Proving Ground
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