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• Ithaca, NY, wants to be America's 1st podcar city
Detractors, mainly light-rail advocates, say a podcar system would be too complex and expensive. "It is operationally and economically unfeasible," said Vukan Vuchic, a professor of transportation and engineering at the University of Pennsylvania who ...
• McCain supporters rail against Obama
MOSINEE, Wisc. -- After this afternoon’s town hall the McCain campaign might be satisfied that their recent attacks on Obama are starting to seep into the public consciousness, or at least the consciousness of conservative voters in Waukesha. At ...
• Greece's Olympic to cancel 100 flights Wednesday
... services but international flights to destinations including London, Paris and Istanbul will also be hit. Wednesday's strike was called by Greece's largest labor union, the GSEE. The protest is also set to halt Athens' metro and intercity rail ...
• Study: Sprint Nextel executives most overpiad
Executive pay has become a major election-year issue as politicians rail against big payouts at companies hit hard by the Wall Street meltdown. After a public outcry, the $700 billion bank bailout was altered to include some restrictions on pay ...
• Delta's shuttle scuttlebutt
You'll also find a lot of former Shuttle flyers on the Acela, Amtrak's eight-year-old high-speed rail service that connects Boston, New York, and Washington, with intermediate stops in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Acela now carries more than three ...