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NEWS ABOUT: transport

transport stories: 9 news summaries

 Melting Ice Opens Arctic 
 to Trade, But US Lags 

Climate change opens north to shipping, tourism, resource development

Sep 6, 09 5:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Climate change is melting away the main barrier to business in the Arctic—ice—but the US lags behind other countries seeking to exploit the region, the Anchorage Daily News reports. As receding ice opens the area to shipping, resource exploitation, and tourism, it's Russia and Canada who have established... More »

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climate change • Russia • Alaska • global warming • tourism • Canada • Arctic • Coast Guard • resources • shipping • Bering Strait • transport

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 New O'Hare Runway 
 Eases Travel Nationwide 

Delays at second-busiest airport can hold up flights all over

Jul 23, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 8-month-old runway at the nation’s second-busiest airport has helped Chicago’s O’Hare escape its status as the “tar pit” of US air travel, writes Scott McCartney in the Wall Street Journal. With three runways now available, the airport’s on-time arrival rate increased 27% this year... More »

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travel • Chicago • runway • transport • O'Hare International Airport

 Chavez Takes Over 
 Highways, Airports 

Key transport links now in federal hands, weakening anti-Chavez governors

Mar 13, 09 5:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Venezuela's national assembly has voted to transfer control of the country's ports, highways and airports to President Hugo Chavez, reports the BBC. Critics say switching control of transport links from state to federal level is unconstitutional and will further weaken mayors and governors opposed to Chavez. The president's backers say... More »

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Venezuela • airport • highways • Hugo Chávez • Venezuela Constitution • transport

Gadfly Stalls San Francisco Bike Measures

Activist argues that urban cycling results in environmental damage

Aug 20, 08 3:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco's plans to make the city more bike-friendly are stuck in the slow lane thanks to litigation from an anti-cycling activist, the Wall Street Journal reports. Rob Anderson believes adding bike lanes causes pollution by clogging up traffic. The progressive city is now unable even to install new bike... More »

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environment • San Francisco • pollution • cycling • bicycle • transport

 Uno: Cooler Than Segway 

One-wheeled 'motorcycle' goes green with electricity—and stylish to boot

Jul 1, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Looking like a tricked out motorbike, the Uno is electric personal transportation with style, the Chicago Tribune reports. Designed by 19-year-old inventor Ben Gulak, the device employs no throttle or brake, relying on its rider's leanings to guide it, and is so intuitive an 8-year-old picked it up instantly at... More »

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environment • pollution • electricity • motorcycle • electric cars • transport • environmental impact • Uno • Segway • Ben Gulak

 Oil Price Spike
 Brings Jobs Back to US 

Rising costs curb manufacturers' outsourcing

Jun 13, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - As costs for overseas production and shipping soar, US companies are growing reluctant to outsource manufacturing—and some are even bringing their plants back to America, the Wall Street Journal reports. “In a world of triple-digit oil prices, distance costs money," said an economist. But it’s not... More »

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outsourcing • factory • manufacturing • oil price • job market • transport • job

 China-Taiwan Talks a Landmark 

Summit, aimed to boost business, is highest-level contact since 1949

May 28, 08 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - China's president met today with the leader of Taiwan's governing party, the BBC reports, in the highest-level talks between the two entities since the split in 1949. Wu Poh-hsiung is visiting China to discuss cooperation on transport and tourism, and pressed Hu Jintao for a greater global presence for the... More »

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China • Taiwan • Beijing • aid • Hu Jintao • transport • China earthquake • Wu Poh-hsiung

Trucking Goes High Tech

Tracking improves efficiency, safety—and kept final Harry Potter book from escaping

May 22, 08 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Trucking companies are adopting technologies that track vehicles, monitor trucks’ condition and drivers’ actions, and even act automatically to stop accidents, reports ComputerWorld. The systems help companies meet regulations and contract obligations. Take the company that delivered the final Harry Potter book nationwide within a three-hour window and achieved its... More »

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technology • GPS • truckers • road safety • transport

Snowstorm Disrupts Chinese Travel, Power

Holdup comes week before Lunar New Year travel season

Jan 28, 08 7:14 AM CST
(Newser) - The biggest snowstorm in 50 years is wreaking havoc with China’s transportation and power-supply infrastructure and triggering widespread shortages the week before the Lunar New Year. Over a foot of snow fell in Nanjing, reports Bloomberg. "We face a very severe situation in ensuring supplies of coal, electricity,... More »

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China • power • snowstorm • transport

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