Word: rails
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...Congress mandated six years ago. Now that it's clear Amtrak can't go it alone, Congress will have to decide to pony up, or essentially give up on intercity passenger service altogether. The big questions: Does America need Amtrak? And should we expect a national rail system to exist without federal help...
Already, as more integrated mills shutter their furnaces, the minis keep expanding. Steel Dynamics broke ground on a $315 million structural-steel and rail mill in Columbia City, Ind., last May. And just outside Mobile, Ala., a $35 million heavy-plate and coil mill went online last year, built by the Canadian firm IPSCO. Why did IPSCO invest in Alabama? A $500 million package of tax breaks and subsidies, including money for roads, rail service and docks along the Mobile River, helped attract the company, said a spokesman. So did the weakness of unions in Alabama...
Ward, 51, makes sure the freight trains run on time--no easy task, given his company's history of delays. As president of CSX Transportation, operator of 23,000 miles of rail in the Eastern U.S., Ward has steered the largest unit of CSX Corp. onto a steadier track by integrating assets purchased in 1999 and repairing rails that concerned regulators in 2000. CSX has just reported a profit of $65 million in the fourth quarter--up 20% over 2000, despite the recession...
Reich and Grossman, former chair of the Democratic National Committee, also offered solutions to urban pollution. Reich advocated mixed-use zoning, while Grossman supported expanded rail service and other public transportation...
...Boston Poetry Slam at the Cantab Lounge/Third Rail. The Lounge features a blues jam upstairs and a poetry slam downstairs. 738 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. T: Central Square. Wednesday...