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Among the enthusiasts are transit officials desperately seeking to boost ridership on buses and trains. Car sharing is not designed for traveling from home to work and back--the cost would be too high for a 10-hour day. But, stationed near office buildings and along rail lines, shared cars offer "mobility insurance" for workers who avoid mass transit because they just might need a car for a midday errand. The message: If you must own a car, leave it in your garage at home. Washington Metro officials have placed 107 Flexcars and Zipcars at 66 city and suburban stations...
President Bush may want to slash operating subsidies for Amtrak. But with America's passenger rail service running through 46 states, plenty of members of Congress will work to stop him dead in his tracks...
NuRide, which got much of its seed money from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation, is currently focusing its service on a few major companies in the D.C. area that have enough employees who are likely to find others with a similar commute. But Steele and his partners think their idea can help ease traffic congestion around the U.S. They recently began operating in several counties outside New York City and want to start in three other metropolitan areas by the end of the year. They're also working on a more ambitious phone version of the service...
...still under dispute as to who bears legal responsibility for the maintenance of the fence, which is next to a rail yard on Harvard-owned land...
...Harvard spokeswoman Lauren Marshall said the University is concerned about students’ safety in the area. The two Boston University (BU) undergraduates, sophomore Andrew R. Voluck and freshman Molly F. Shattuck, were hit by a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail train at about 12:50 a.m. Wednesday near BU’s West Campus...