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...instant noodles, as if preparing for a siege. Police officers man checkpoints around the city, spraying down buses with disinfectant solution. Elementary and middle schools are closed for two weeks; some universities have refused to allow students to leave campus. The most bustling places in town are the railway stations, where frantic citizens jostle for a ticket out of town. "I'm very worried about getting on a train with so many people," says a university student, waiting for a train back to his hometown of Changzhou. "But I'll do anything to get out of Beijing. It's simply...
...Such railway oversight was exercised frequently by former Transportation Secretary Frederick P. Salvucci, but has largely been ignored under the current administration, Barrios said...
...railway also passes through a 48-acre parcel called Allston Landing North, which the University purchased from the Turnpike...
Garver echoed Boston politicians in emphasizing the economic importance of the railway...
Bruce Houghton, whose chemical company is adjacent to the land and uses the railway frequently, said that the railway’s loss would be a major blow to his company and other local businesses, partly because it would mean a greater reliance on more costly freight trucking...