Word: transiting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This wasn't just any car she fell for but a warm, chauffeur-driven cocoon of transit dispatched by Zuckerman to meet her as she returned to La Guardia Airport late one night from yet another fund-raising trip, so exhausted that the auto's "sheltering presence loomed out of all proportion." There she was, approaching 50, a burned-out crusader for women's causes who had not had time in 20 years to unpack the boxes in her bare apartment. She was nearly eligible for a senior citizen's discount before she bought her first sofa. Despite her confident...
Invest in Mass Transit...
...resurrect the American infrastructure, the government might help finance federal, state and local partnerships to build mass transit, opting for light rail more often than underground subway lines. These transit systems would easily pay back their start-up costs through reduced consumption of fossil fuels, diminished pollution and traffic congestion. The construction could be financed, at least in part, by new taxes on parking and gasoline. Similarly, high-speed railcars could be a new, more efficient means of transportation and could be paid for by imposing new taxes on diesel and jet fuel. Those levies would not be popular...
Create federal, state and local partnerships to build light-rail lines for urban areas lacking mass transit; support high-speed rail for passengers and freight. To help pay for it, boost taxes on parking and fuel. Such programs would reduce pollution, gridlock and dependence on oil imports...
During the 1980s, Skinner practiced law at the prestigious Chicago firm of Sidley & Austin. He served as chairman of the city's enormous Regional Transit Authority. At Thompson's suggestion, he ran Bush's Illinois primary campaign in 1980 and his general election campaign in the state in 1988, when he was baptized "Velcro" by Bush's Washington staff for his uncanny ability to stay close to the candidate during visits to Illinois. When Bush won, Thompson championed Skinner for Transportation...