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Carmageddon hits Los Angeles: Five ways to cope
“Carmageddon” is upon us! The 53-hour shutdown of a 10-mile segment of the 405 freeway, Los Angeles’s busiest traffic corridor, began at 7 p.m., Friday evening. For months, bulb-lit billboards have warned the city of severe traffic delays, while newspapers and TV stations ask whether apocalyptic congestion will keep 500,000 travelers from getting where they need to go for nearly three days. How are Los Angelenos coping? Here are five ways:
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In Pictures: MLK remembrance
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In Pictures: Get on the bus
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In Pictures: Thanksgiving traditions
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/27
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Feds shut down 26 intercity bus companies for safety violations
The unprecedented motorcoach safety crackdown primarily targeted bus companies operating along the East Coast's I-95, where crashes last spring left several people dead and dozens injured.
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New York's next-gen taxis: moonroofs and phone chargers
New York City unveiled the ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’ on Tuesday – the Nissan NV200 van, which will replace the city’s 13,000-plus fleet of yellow cabs. Will other cities follow suit?
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The Circle Bastiat
Las Vegas taxi drivers face high tech challenge
Taxis have long been the main transportation method in Las Vegas. Now a San Francisco company called Uber Technologies Inc. wants to challenge their dominance through a transportation service based on smartphones.
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To reboot Italy's economy, Monti takes on the cabbies
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has made liberalizing the service sector a key economic initiative, but the taxi industry is resisting.
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Last Ford Crown Victoria manufactured: What will cops drive now?
The last Ford Crown Victoria rolled off the assembly line in Canada yesterday. The car was simple, fast, and safe. But in an era of high gas prices, the fuel-inefficient Ford Crown Victoria is giving way to other models.
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Latin America Monitor
Colombia's gangs cash in with 'micro-extortion'
Criminals in Colombia are extorting payments of as little as $10 a week from local businesses. The sums are too small for victims to want to report, but can add up to huge profits for gangs.
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Carmageddon hits Los Angeles: Five ways to cope
“Carmageddon” is upon us! The 53-hour shutdown of a 10-mile segment of the 405 freeway, Los Angeles’s busiest traffic corridor, began at 7 p.m., Friday evening. For months, bulb-lit billboards have warned the city of severe traffic delays, while newspapers and TV stations ask whether apocalyptic congestion will keep 500,000 travelers from getting where they need to go for nearly three days. How are Los Angelenos coping? Here are five ways:
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Feds had eye on Sky Express before Tuesday's deadly bus crash
US regulators had begun work to suspend operations of the Sky Express bus line even before a company bus flipped over Tuesday on an interstate highway in Virginia, killing four.
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In Pictures: MLK remembrance
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Feds to investigate civil-rights claims against L.A. bus authority
Activists in L.A. say the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has discriminated against minorities and the poor by cutting their bus routes first. The MTA says it welcomes the federal audit.
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Africa Monitor
Bus shortages complicate Zimbabwean migrants' hopes of going home for Christmas
Zimbabwean migrant workers in South Africa who head home every Christmas are joined this year by thousands who need to leave the country to renew their asylum status.
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In Pictures: Get on the bus
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In Pictures: Thanksgiving traditions
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Donald Marron
DC, just say no to taxi medallions
Taxi medallions, those shiny indicators of licensed cabs, limit competition for taxi drivers, but does that mean they're in cabbies' best interests?
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Global News Blog
Twilight of London's black cab?
London's iconic black cabs, with their distinctive front grille and round headlights, are getting strong competition from newer taxis with automated doors.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/27
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Global News Blog
Change needed as Argentina coin shortage grows
The Argentina coin shortage is growing as inflation makes a coin's metal worth more than its face value.
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Gallery: Rising seas
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High gas prices boost bus travel
After decades of decline, bus travel is on the rise again. But is it right for you?
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Bright Green
NYC speeds hybrid taxi switch
New York City will now be adding 300 hybrids a month to its taxi fleet, thanks to an agreement with automakers.
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Top 10 ways to know when the economy is really bad
Your neighbor starts to grow corn for ethanol and service stations sell gas by the pint.
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For mass transit, mass investment
With record ridership and fuel prices, subways, trains, and buses are strapped.
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Clampdown on public buses could jeopardize school ride
According to federal officials, districts like Oakland, Calif., harm private bus firms by using city transit buses.
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Bloomberg: New York's 'black cars' should go green
Starting next year, executive rides must get at least 25 miles per gallon, and 30 mpg by 2010.
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Bloomberg: New York's 'black cars' should go green
Starting next year, executive rides must get at least 25 miles per gallon, and 30 mpg by 2010.
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