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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...team policy that prohibits players from talking on their cell phones on the bus, The Crimson was unable to speak to sources on the team before going to press...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Doomed by 30 Turnovers | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

...buses can't compete with trains and planes. The sweet spots, the most traveled routes, are those under 300 miles (480 km)--e.g., Chicago to Ann Arbor, Mich. But the surprisingly green coaches far outshine other vehicles in eco-efficiency. When you combine passenger occupancy with mileage per gallon, bus travel is four times as energy-efficient as car or air travel. Which helps explain its robust growth in a down economy. At MegaBus, sales have grown 60% in the past year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pimp My Bus Ride: Hip Intercity Motor Coaches | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...recent Friday afternoon, my partner and I lined up on 34th Street in Manhattan and took a BoltBus to Philadelphia for date night. The bus left on time and was packed with people hunched over their netbooks and PDAs. Even the one bit of trash I saw was upscale: a lipstick-smudged Starbucks cup. And the $20 round-trip fares made it a lot less painful to pay our babysitter when we got home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pimp My Bus Ride: Hip Intercity Motor Coaches | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...rate, given a raucous three-hour bus ride to New Haven, sleepless night of party-hopping, and booze-fueled all-day tailgate at The Game, it’s safe to say that piety wasn’t at the forefront of the typical Harvard student’s mind this Saturday. Thousands of miles away in Vatican City, the Pope’s gesture may have superficially seemed like a gesture of aisle-crossing good will—but, in its own way, it was just as profane...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira | Title: The Art of the Matter | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...projects relatively small, and therefore more accessible to minority contractors, to ensure its own 10% DBE participation goal. On some projects Miami-Dade has even 100% DBE involvement. For now, the county is using what stimulus money it can earmark for transit purposes to purchase a fleet of BRT (bus rapid transit) buses that will at least reach into predominantly minority corridors at a faster clip than conventional metro bus lines. Says Miami-Dade Public Works Director Esther Calas, the stimulus trickle-down "wasn't really crafted to happen as fast as it could have, but once it gets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Minorities Being Fleeced by the Stimulus? | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

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