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Despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision last March that affirmed the testing of railroad and Customs workers under certain conditions, drug screening faces heated challenges. Last week a federal appeals court halted all testing for 195,500 mass-transit workers. An injunction also prevents the DOT from requiring random or postaccident tests for 3 million truck and bus drivers...
...featured creatures this time are gigantic earthworms, 30 ft. long, capable of comic-alarming subterranean rapid transit (you just see this furrow moving across the desert at Road Runner speed). When they surface, they reveal trifurcated tongues, each extension ending in a funny-nasty suction cup. In other words, they are great special effects, informed by the mutant-monster tradition of '50s horror movies but satirizing that tradition in a delicate way -- neither condescending nor indulgent...
Opponents also said increasing accessibility to the Alewife station might not encourage the use of public transit. "I understand that the access to the 'T' is not a benefit to any adjacent neighborhoods. Instead it is for suburban commuters," said Geer...
...want public transit as good public policynot as a tradeoff for doing a bad highwayproject," said Chapman...
...that pour out of automobile tail pipes are just as damaging to the environment. Every time Americans climb behind the wheel, they make their own personal contribution to the global-warming threat. Here again, a gradual modification of life-style can make a dramatic difference. When possible, use mass transit and support its development and expansion. For short distances, consider using a bicycle; it is excellent aerobic exercise. And, as in the energy-short 1970s, buy more fuel-efficient autos and carpool to work...