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Special ed student gives up on CPS
Termel Jennings, an honor student with cerebral palsy, left a broken home in Joliet earlier this year to live with his aunt in Chicago. In early February, the 18-year-old registered at Fenger High School.
He wound up never attending a class. After...Tags: Lawyers, Schools, Justice System, Gaming, Fenger High School
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Sawgrass extension plans shelved and likely won’t be revived
Q: Are we ever going to see the Sawgrass Expressway connected to Interstate 95? I just don't get how the Department of Transportation doesn't understand how dumb it is to exit I-95 and get on a local road for several miles just to get back onto another...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Schools, University of Central Florida, Road Transportation, Education
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Dodger Stadium shuttles are back
Free shuttle service between Dodger Stadium and Union Station will resume this season. The city of Los Angeles offered free shuttles during the second half of the 2008 season, but the service was discontinued last season when the city said it could no...Tags: Television Industry, Satellite and Cable Service
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Complaints persist about Broward’s new shuttle service for the disabled
The first two months of Broward County's revamped shuttle service for the disabled have been more than exasperating for Candy Berger, who depends on it each day for work. She is frequently hours late. The vans sent to pick her up often cannot accommodate...Tags: Schools, Vehicles, Startups, Companies and Corporations, Education
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Aging and driving
We all remember when we got our driver's license. It's one of life's great moments, a giant step toward adulthood.
Decades later comes a related rite of passage that generates considerably less enthusiasm: the day you stop driving.
Most older drivers...Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Car Guides and Reviews, Vehicles, Road Transportation, Symbols and Symbolism
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Voice of the People, Mar. 09
Reducing gun-related crime Tribune columnist Steve Chapman's "Chicago's pointless handgun ban; City gun ordinances proved to be a failure" (Commentary, March 4) was on point. At best the ban provides some grounds for police to search and interrogate...Tags: Restaurants, Unions, Employees, Gun Control, Interior Policy
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Potential Designers For Thompsonville Transit Center To Submit Work
The Thompsonville transit center is moving forward, and by next month the town will know who wants to design the project that some say could define the village's future. The town recently drafted an 86-page request for qualifications from architects...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Kansas officials discuss 4 options for expanding rail service from Kansas City to north Texas
Associated Press WriterTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is a step closer to expanding passenger rail service in the state, but trains won't start rolling for several years. The state Department of Transportation released a study Thursday outlining four possible routes from...Tags: Los Angeles, Railway Transportation, Oklahoma, Laws, Kansas
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Support building to create a regional transit authority in Wisconsin
FOX6 ReporterA broad coalition of Wisconsin business and labor officials, mayors, environmentalists and others urged the Legislature on Thursday to approve regional transit systems to ease congestion, improve transportation and create jobs. Gov. Jim Doyle and...Tags: Sales, Laws, Government, Local Authority, Population
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Tenn. Department of Transportation official to lead transit group
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee Department of Transportation official has been selected to lead a group that's been pushing for an overhaul of mass transit in Middle Tennessee. The Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee announced Tuesday that...Tags: Commuting, Traffic, Transportation, Travel
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Weekend Bicycle Trek Puts Spotlight On Hopes For High-Speed Rail
Maggie Thomas, a senior at Trinity College, acknowledges that her bicycle ride from Stamford through New Haven and up to Hartford this weekend was pleasant. But she said the trip would have been more fun on a high-speed train. "The scenery on the back...Tags: Trinity College, Connecticut, Railway Transportation, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Washington, Travel
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Transit economics
Despite some modest help from the federal stimulus plan, times are tough for public transportation. Across the country, agencies are seeing ridership and government funding drop even as they reduce services and raise fares to keep their budgets balanced....Tags: Finance, Corporate Crime, Republican Party, Maryland, Travel
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