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...saying goes, you are what you drive. And a half-century of highway subsidies has only fueled the sense of entitlement. According to a poll on traffic by TIME, ABC News and the Washington Post, only 10% of those surveyed who have access to mass transit actually use it regularly. "There's a stigma to not owning a car," says Kim, the Seattle architect. "People say, 'Hey, you're wearing a nice jacket--can't you afford a car?'" Now car-sharing firms are out to prove that their communal approach offers its own attractions: freedom--and even convenience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clearing the Roads | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

Khan's base of operations became Dubai, with its easy transit connections by air and its balmy beachfront climate. Dealmaking was suitably informal. A key member of Khan's network told investigators that Iranian contacts once dropped off in Khan's apartment two suitcases containing $3 million in cash as a payment. From 1999 on, Khan traveled to Dubai 41 times, the Pakistani government says. Khan also kept a penthouse on posh al-Maktoum Road. When arranging a shipment, he would set up in Dubai dozens of shell companies consisting of nothing more than "a fax machine and an empty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Sold the Bomb | 2/6/2005 | See Source »

Products from Egypt have already arrived, and goods are currently in transit from India and Kenya. Ezaria also plans on shipping products from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and possibly Albania and Ecuador, Captain said...

Author: By Lulu Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: E-Bazaar Features Crafts | 2/4/2005 | See Source »

...snow and ice-covered roads along with Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority services delays and cancellations made it difficult for many dining hall workers to get to work yesterday morning, resulting in closures in some houses...

Author: By Katharine A. Kaplan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Snow Blankets Cambridge | 1/24/2005 | See Source »

...HUPD officer was sent to assist the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MTBA) Police with an “unruly” passenger on one of its buses. The passenger was removed and sent away...

Author: By Robin M. Peguero, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POLICE LOG | 1/10/2005 | See Source »

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