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Obama vows to fast track high speed rail
Apr 16, 2009 |
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US President Barack Obama Thursday called for a US high speed rail service to rival the express trains of France, Japan, Spain and China, highlighting a 13 billion dollar government funding boost.
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Improving internet access on the move
Dec 08, 2008 |
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The on-board entertainment and internet access enjoyed by train passengers could soon be transformed by new technology developed at the University of York.
Vehicle pools for goods
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Web 2.0 can help companies located in the same region share haulage space when transporting consignments. Pooling benefits the environment, reduces CO2 output and saves costs -- experts put the figure at around 15 percent.
Safely on the move
Jul 14, 2009 |
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How can rescue units be better protected during disaster operations or avalanche victims be found quicker? A new localization system connects satellite-based positioning systems with terrestrial locating aids and situation-dependent ...
Russian railways enter modern age with new express
Dec 20, 2009 |
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Famed for the legendary trains that clank across seven time zones on its Trans-Siberian railroad, Russia this week entered the modern railway age with its first high-tech express train.
Travelers in Germany to use their mobile phones to pay for bus, train and parking
Jan 13, 2006 |
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Citizens of the Vogtland region in the German state of Saxony will soon be able to pay for almost all transit- or traffic-related services via their mobile phones.
Postal services get exclusive '.post' address
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Global postal services will soon have their own address on the Internet, after the web's authority for assigning domain names ICANN, said on Friday that it had approved the new address dot post (.post).
Google wooing Microsoft business customers
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Google on Monday ramped up a campaign to convert businesses worldwide into users of email, calendar, document and other software programs it offers online as services on the Internet.
More than just the tailpipe -- true environmental cost of travel
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Trains, planes, buses and automobiles do not only effect the environment via their exhaust pipes. There is a full life-cycle of processes associated with getting from a to b that we rarely acknowledge.
Experts offer strategies for working with immigrant victims of violence (w/ Video)
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Last year, the United States provided asylum and resettlement assistance for nearly 80,700 people from other countries, an increase from 71,300 individuals in 2007, according to the U.S. Committee for Refugees ...
For needy, cell phones can be free
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Apr 22, 2009 |
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An obscure federal program that helps poor people pay for phone service is entering the wireless era. Cell phone companies are offering the needy a bargain that the rest of us can only dream about: free service.
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