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The heat is on: Wear a seat belt or face a fine
The Memorial Day weekend is coming up and state troopers are cracking down. Their target: those who refuse to wear seat belts. Last year, there were 205,633 of you. And that doesn't sit well with the Florida Highway Patrol, which is participating...Tags: Memorial Day, Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Highway Transportation, AAA
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State reminds drivers to buckle up
TALLAHASSEE — Central Florida drivers, beware. The Florida Highway Patrol is on the lookout for you this holiday weekend. So, buckle up. Troopers are cracking down on motorists cruising the highways without a seat belt as part of a national...Tags: Memorial Day, Highway Transportation, AAA, Florida Highway Patrol, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Passenger forced to pay airline bag fee twice
Airline baggage fees still might not be popular, but fliers have been forced to accept them as an added cost of their flight. I bet most of us, though, wouldn't be onboard with having to pay two fees for the same bag, as Allegiant Air charged John Boyle...
Tags: Allentown, Media Industry, Employees
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Oak Park to seek millions in grant money
Sidewalks, streets and other public transportation projects could get a boost in Oak Park if the village receives a federal grant trustees agreed to seek this week that could be worth millions. The board of trustees Monday supported village staff's...Tags: Transportation, Dwayne Johnson, Illinois Department of Transportation, Chicago Transit Authority
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Lawsuit aims to protect migrating swallows from deadly netting draped over bridges used as nesting sites
 A coalition of environmental groups has filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing transportation agencies of violating migratory bird laws by installing protective netting across two bridges in the Petaluma, Calif., area that has injured and killed...
Tags: Highway Transportation, California Department of Transportation, Transportation, Trials, Laws
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Party bus was operating illegally at time of fatal fall
The Kansas City StarA rolling bachelorette party had just gotten underway two weeks ago when the bus hit a bump rounding a curve, double doors flew open and passenger Jamie Frecks tumbled to her death beneath Interstate 35 traffic. Frecks and her 16 friends might never...Tags: Lawyers, Highway Transportation, Motorvehicle Accidents, Gymnastics, Government
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Bus strikes, kills woman at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
Sun SentinelA woman’s airport visit to meet her husband, who was arriving from a flight, turned deadly when she tripped in a roadway and a charter bus ran over her. It forced the normally hectic four-lane arrivals section of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Air Transportation Delays, Vehicles, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
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Stanford bets on new program to encourage walking, biking
Palo Alto Daily News, Calif.Stanford University is betting that the allure of online gambling will get more of its staff and faculty to walk or bike to work and even begin holding some meetings on campus pathways. According to the Stanford News Service, participants in the new...Tags: Stanford University, Science, Colleges and Universities, Electronics, News Media
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R.J. Corman Railroad files lawsuit against Lexington Center Corp.
The Lexington Herald-LeaderThe concept seemed perfect: Have a dinner train depart from downtown Lexington, take passengers on a little excursion to Frankfort or Midway, feed them prime rib or scallops along the way, then shuttle them back. But those plans announced in 2010...Tags: Railway Transportation, Transportation, Judges, Churchill Downs, Laws
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Police: Obey THE rules of the road -- or else
The Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, Mass.Drivers beware. Local and state police said they will keep their eyes peeled for people not wearing seat belts during the unofficial start of the early summer season. And while an officer can't stop a vehicle just because he notices someone isn't...Tags: Memorial Day, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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EDITORIAL: New DUI proposal ignites anger, debate
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, TupeloA proposed nationwide lowering of the legal alcohol driving limit from 0.08 percent to 0.05 percent raised the ire from the usual sectors this week when the idea was publicized by the National Transportation Safety Board. The liquor and beverage...Tags: Highway Transportation, John D. Rockefeller IV, Drunk Driving, POLITICO LLC, Beverage Industry
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U.S. airlines reap $841 million in bag fees in 4Q 2012
Airlines continue to reap handsome payoffs from the extra fees they charge for checked bags and other travel-related services. Sixteen U.S. passenger airlines collected $841 million in baggage fees and $610 million for reservation cancellation and change...Tags: Transportation, Air Transportation Industry, Palm Beach International Airport, Air Transportation, U.S. Airways
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