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Ultimately, Norris figures, America's cities will be rebuilt by big consortiums of private business. The Government will help guarantee bank loans and perhaps kick in some grants; churches and universities will put in investment funds. Construction companies will erect buildings; transport companies will bid for mass transit; energy, environmental control and waste recycling firms will all have roles, and much of the work will be parceled out to small business. The object is not only to raze and remake scabrous neighborhoods, but also to create private jobs, help small entrepreneurs and, not incidentally, to make money...
...according to New Republic legend, is a transposition of Brooklyn Rapid Transit, and was the brainstorm of an editor carrying the very first unsigned column to the Brooklyn printer via subway...
...know what happened," Belliveau said, adding, "15-20 study cards were lost in transit from Memorial Hall to here [the registrar's office] and we're just not able to locate them...
Flooding also forced the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) to shut down the Red Line yesterday because of deep water near the Kendall Square stop, but all other lines were running. The MBTA is operating a bus shuttle from Park Street to Harvard Square for the duration of the shutdown...
...expects that the high cost of the transbuses (as much as $50,000 more than a regular bus) will halt the expansion of the special van service. Still, the transbuses will soon be introduced in one of the nation's largest public transportation systems, the Southern California Rapid Transit District in Los Angeles...