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...dangerous to fly? Not at all. The massive flight cancellations at American Airlines - about 1,200 flights, more than half of its daily schedule, affecting 273,000 passengers after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered the carrier to ground 300 planes for inspection - are the aviation equivalent of a traffic cop behind on his quota blanketing a street with tickets to avoid catching heat from his sergeant. Woe unto thee unlucky enough to double park...
...DUBAI At Traffic, Marijn van der Poll's Do hit ($6,020) is intended to be shaped by its owner into a unique sculpture...
...Square and feed the meters all day. “That’s not the intended purpose of the meters,” she said. “We wanted more spaces for people to come and dine or shop.” Director of the Cambridge Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Department Susan E. Clippinger said she hopes that the price increase will encourage short-term parking, the primary purpose of meters in the Square. Clippinger also said that Cambridge will be utilizing other projects—such as additional spaces for bicycle parking—that encourage...
...first two days, I hear no explosions or gunfire. At the TIME bureau in the Jadriyah district, we get four to six hours of electricity a day, up from just two hours. This means there are long spells when you can hear the sounds of the city--traffic, the calls to prayer--instead of the constant roar of generators...
...improve living conditions for residents. Beginning in 2001, Mayor Mario Melfi, a former union leader, implemented a municipal program under the grand slogan: "Amendolara wants to be in Italy, in Europe, in peace." Funded by $3 million a year in local property taxes and $630,000 in revenue from traffic tickets - plus additional grants from Rome and Brussels - the town has offered financial incentives and improved infrastructure to attract private businesses. The mayor's program lured the town's first local bank and four-star hotel, promoted the uncovering of pre-Roman archaeological treasures, and led to the establishment...