Word: rails
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...tourist traveling on dilapidated trains to and from London would quickly discover, Britain's domestic railway system has been in a state of slow decline ever since the sun set on the British empire after World War II. But after being maligned for years as overpriced, cramped and uncomfortable, rail travel in Britain is about to make a comeback - in the glorious shape of London's revamped St. Pancras station...
...There is an abandoned rail tunnel that runs along Cambridge street, from the Mass Pike, over a pair of overpasses and under an abandoned tunnel,” said Harry Mattison, a member of the task force. “If you could physically connect that to the Mass Pike, then you’ll have direct access to the Science Complex...
...Airways, completed a study on transport for the U.K. He evaluated all kinds of projects--from fancy high-speed trains to simple bike paths--and calculated the return on investment per pound spent. What he found was surprising. "Small can be beautiful," his report concluded. Large projects like new rail lines tended to be less beneficial for the money than modest ones, like widening an old road. The British government is now funding more projects on the basis of this more rational notion of overall value...
...Beijing Olympic Committee. The National Stadium, with its iconic "birds nest" design, will be finished in early 2008. A new north-south subway line is set to open in September, but other transportation improvements will be cutting it close. While Olympic committee members touted "significant construction progress" on five rail lines in an Aug. 6 press conference, completion of some key routes is not scheduled until next summer. Two more subway lines are scheduled to be finished next June, while an express train from the airport won't be running until July...
...Danger's Warning Signs Amanda Ripley's "Can We Spot the Threat?" questions our ability to identify a terrorist attack before it occurs [July 16]. We cannot spot terrorism, and we never could. If we were able to spot it, the Sept. 11 attacks and the London rail bombings would not have occurred. Some terrorists were apprehended before they could cause any real damage, but government officials usually do not have the situation under control. Terrorists - amateurs and professionals alike - will continue to strike when we least expect it and in places we are unlikely to look. The U.S. government...