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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...review board cited a report which called the railyard—known as Beacon Park—“the major freight transfer point beween rail and truck for the Boston region...

Author: By Alex L. Pasternack and Lauren A.E. Schuker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: MBTA To Block Allston Purchase | 5/5/2003 | See Source »

...letter hand-delivered to MBTA attorneys on Friday afternoon— stated that the Turnpike was “mystified by the MBTA’s action” especially since the University was prepared to “facilitate the continuation of commuter rail and freight services...

Author: By Alex L. Pasternack and Lauren A.E. Schuker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: MBTA To Block Allston Purchase | 5/5/2003 | See Source »

...Boston could lose freight traffic to other nearby ports that have ship-to-rail connections, said Shaun Keefe, who is Vice President of Romar Transportation Systems, Inc. in Allston, a trucking company which transports cargo to and from CSX rails...

Author: By Jessica R. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Politicians Question Allston Purchase | 5/1/2003 | See Source »

ABOVE BOARD In the slowpoke, Somerset Maugham-era before long-haul flights became commonplace, travel in what was then known as the Far East was only possible by commercial ships. Today there are about half a dozen freight lines operating in Asia that accept paying passengers, which charge $70-$130 per day per person. Voyages range in duration from a 10-day short hop to an epic 114 days (the latter being Houston to Houston on the Egon Oldendorff line, via the Suez Canal, with Jakarta the easternmost port). All the lines have age limits for passengers, ranging from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Cut | 4/28/2003 | See Source »

...that affect the pricing of all goods, affect the competitiveness in industry,” Houghton said in January. “If there were no rail available it would substantially increase our costs, which I suppose we would pass onto our customers. If that happened to all the freight coming in, the cost of living in New England would increase to some extent...

Author: By Alex L. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: State Environmental Office To Review Allston Purchase | 4/22/2003 | See Source »

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