Word: travels
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Officials from the Cambridge Police Department, whose travel and training allocation increased from $13,000 to $25,000 last year, said they believe the funding is still inadequate...
Frank Pasquarello, the department's public information officer said, "Twenty-five thousand dollars for travel and training for a $20 million budget like [that of] Cambridge police is far less than most private businesses would allow...
Officer Raymond Santille, who oversees the department's finances, said the increase in travel and training is not enough to satisfy Cambridge's Police Commissioner Perry L. Anderson...
AMTRAK IS THROWING A CURVE INTO TRAIN TRAVel -- a more than 100-m.p.h. curve. The national rail service's new X2000 high-speed train began operating on the Washington-New York Metroliner route. The X2000 can go up to 155 m.p.h., but until it gets speed clearance from the Federal Railroad Administration, it will operate at the normal Metroliner maximum speed of 125 m.p.h. Still, it goes from D.C. to N.Y.C. in 2 hr. 40 min. -- 15 min. faster than conventional trains. Its secret: a hydraulic tilting system that helps it take curves 40% faster...
...Amtrak opened its new speedster to the public, the Association of American Railroads announced that in theory at least, freight railroads are willing to cooperate with Amtrak to help make widespread high-speed passenger rail travel a reality. Amtrak is already moving ahead. This summer the company plans to test out a German train that can go up to 185 m.p.h. Amtrak plans to have 26 high-speed trains running...