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Watchdog says warned DC metro of weakness before crash - Yahoo! NewsSafety watchdogs warned Washington's metro operators three years ago about weaknesses in aging subway cars like the one involved in a collision that killed nine people Monday, investigators said. National Transportation Safety Board member Debbie Hersman said on Tuesday the US capital's subway ...
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NTSB to look at possible computer role in D.C. crashNational Transportation Safety Board officials today said that the agency's investigators will examine whether computer systems, sensors or cell phones played a role in yesterday's Washington, D.C., Metrorail crash that killed nine people. Experts note that there are also several other possible ...
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Joining Up Transportation, Housing, and Environmental Policy - Brookings InstitutionBy the annals of Congress, it’s seemingly unremarkable, but an extraordinary hearing took place this week at the Senate Banking Committee. The secretaries of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, appeared together and ...
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Explore Baltimore County: Improvements to MARC station delayed by AmtrakThat expansion will be funded by part of the $13 million in federal funds the state received for transportation from a $410 billion stimulus plan approved by Congress in March and signed by President Obama.
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From Obama, a 2-Pronged Plan on Mileage and Emissions - NYTimes.comObama Sets New Auto Emissions and Mileage Rules WASHINGTON — President Obama announced tough new nationwide rules for automobile emissions and mileage standards on Tuesday, embracing standards that California has sought to enact for years over the objections of the auto industry and the Bush ...
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$35.3 million ready to be spent | Indian Country Today | NorthwestSEATTLE – Some $31.4 million in federal stimulus money will be invested in water improvement projects in Alaska and Washington state Indian country. Another $3.6 million will go to transportation improvement projects in Washington state, and another $351,849 will help two health clinics expand ...
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PATH HomeInaugural Class for ITS America's ITS Hall of Fame Announced at ITS America's Annual Meeting Press Release The 2008 ITS America World Congress demonstration of the Networked Traveler portion of SafeTrip21 announced as a finalist for the "2009 Best of ITS" in the "Best New Innovative ...
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Biden lauds $5B plan for improving rail system - Forbes.comSpeaking at the train station he used to commute to Washington for decades, Vice President Joe Biden said Monday that spending $5 billion in federal money on railroads is one of the best transportation investments the nation can make. The nation's rail system is set to receive $1 billion a year ...
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Op-Ed Columnist - The Amtrak Connection - NYTimes.comThe Amtrak Connection Imagine those Amtrak conversations between Joe Biden and Arlen Specter. The vice president’s devotion to taking the train home to Wilmington, Del., is legend. It turns out that besides reinforcing his commitment to mass transit, Biden’s commute also gave him hours and ...
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FAA wants to keep bird strike records confidentialThe Federal Aviation Administration is proposing to keep secret from travelers and the public its vast records on how frequently and where commercial planes are damaged by hitting flying birds. The agency's formal secrecy proposal came just after FAA officials had said they were going to ...
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