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High-speed rail rejection: Gov. Scott might be right
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsLet's say you have a house, and a rich uncle says he's going to build you a billiards room, all expenses paid. You don't shoot pool, and you don't really want a billiards room (and all the hassles and future......Tags: Transportation, Republican Party, Travel, Executive Branch, Billiards, Snooker and Pool
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Sen. Skelos, and rival Simon, on LIRR pension fiasco
Spin CycleSenate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) has long been the state lawmaker most involved with the Long Island Rail Road, with cordial union ties and a hand in its capital funding. Asked Thursday about state and U.S. probes......Tags: David Paterson, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch, George W. Bush, Employees
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Republicans learning to love the stimulus
The Swampby Mark Silva Even in defeat, it seems, there is victory. Even that $787-billion economic stimulus that all the House's Republicans opposed has its rosy side. "The timing couldn't be better,'' one Florida Republican crows about a high-speed rail project.....Tags: Oregon, Republican Party, Florida, Politics, Alaska
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Obama's high-speed rail: 'This is America'
The Swampby Ben Meyerson President Barack Obama announced his plan for developing high-speed rail in America this morning, detailing how $13 billion in federal money could act as a "down payment" on bringing the nation's passenger trains up to par with......Tags: Transportation, National Government, California, Science and Technology, Florida
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High-speed rail: Jobs, stimulus-style
The Swampby Mark Silva With President Barack Obama intent on focusing attention on his concern for the economy, the White House plans to follow up tonight's State of the Union address with an announcement tomorrow, in Florida, of the administration's intentions......Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Florida, George W. Bush, Marco Rubio, Regional Authority
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Roaming the neighborhoods around Pimlico
Roaming the streets that encircle Pimlico Race Course, I discovered so many places that I had trouble going back to the same locale twice. Outer Northwest Baltimore is a fascinating, at times geographically bewildering, place. When the Maryland Jockey...
Tags: Transportation, Travel, The Jockey Club Incorporated, Reisterstown Road, Pimlico Race Course
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A Journey To A Windswept Island In Goodwin State Forest
The Hartford CourantMaybe it's because I read "Treasure Island" too many times as a kid. Or maybe it was the islands of grass -- known as "witches heads" -- we would hop across as kids to get to the other side of the swamp. Whatever the reason, I love islands. Whether I...Tags: Lakes and Ponds, Forestry and Timber, Transportation, Executive Branch, Manchester
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52% of low-income, minority CTA riders paying more
As South Side and south suburban Chicago Transit Authority riders figure out the best way to get to work and other activities Monday without Red Line Dan Ryan service, a new analysis shows that the CTA's fare increases for one-day and seven-day passes...
Tags: Civil Rights, Chicago Transit Authority, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Tribune, Forest Park
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Boosters want to turn Pullman into national park
A group of Chicago residents and preservationists are working to win federal approval to turn the entire Pullman neighborhood on Chicago's Far South Side into a national park. If approved by Congress or proclaimed a national monument by the president,...
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Business, National Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Architecture
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ON THE TRAIL : All aboard the nature train
The first passenger train rides of the season roll Saturday out of the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum in North Judson. Why not combine it with a hike or bike ride along the nine-mile, paved North Judson Erie Trail, a former railroad bed that runs between...
Tags: Connecticut Valley Railroad, Mother's Day, Transportation, Arts and Culture, Travel
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Visiting The Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticut Railroad In Middletown
The Hartford CourantMaybe it's the sight of grass and trees growing up through the gravel and railroad ties. Or the rotting trestle that spans a small river and fills the air with a light scent of creosote. It could be the echoes of water dripping in an abandoned tunnel....Tags: Lakes and Ponds, Waterbury, Transportation, Travel, Manchester
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Kingsley Guy: South Florida economic future looks good
As Mark Twain noted, history doesn't repeat itself, but "sometimes it rhymes," and South Florida may be in for one of those rhyming moments as it emerges from the economic doldrums of the past half decade. Turn the clock back a hundred years: Henry...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Employment, Railway Industry, Hurricanes, Port Everglades
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