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pedestrianobservations.com
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| | | | | This year, there have been some positive signs about things changing in New York on subway construction - and yet, I'm uncertain about them. There are some signs that construction costs for Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 are coming under control. The New York Post broke in January that the MTA is eying smaller station... | |
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www.thetransportpolitic.com
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| | | | | ยป A proposal for New York regional rail improvements. This is the second post in a two-part series by guest author Alon Levy. This part describes a proposed regional rail network. The first part ex... | |
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humantransit.org
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| | | | | A reader asks: [Alon Levy's] post onThe Transport Politicabout through-routing commuter rail in New York brought up a question I've had for several years regarding transit systems. Why isn't through-routing more common? This applies to rail, BRT, regular bus, etc. It seems that through-routing all or most of a city's lines via a central transit [...] | |
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readtheplaque.com
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| | | NIPTON THE TOWN OF NIPTON WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 9, 1905 WITH THE COMING OF THE FIRST TRAIN ON THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES AND SALT LAKE RAILROAD. ORIGINALLY CALLED NIPPENO CAMP AFTER A NEARBY GOLD DISCOVERY, THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO NIPTON WHEN THE SP, LA & SL MERGED WITH THE UNION PACIFIC CIRCA 1910. FOR MANY YEARS, THE DEPOT WAS A CATTLE-LOADING STATION FOR SEVERAL LOCAL RANCHES INCLUDING YATES RANCH, THE WALKING BOX, AND ROCK SPRINGS LAND AND CATTLE CO. THE TOWN AND DEPOT ALSO SUPPLIED NUMEROUS MINES IN THE AREA, BECOMING A SOCIAL CENTER FOR THE SPARSE POPULATION OF THE REGION. COMMUNITY FACILITIES INCLUDED A SCHOOL, POST OFFICE, VOTER PRECINCT, AND SEVERAL SMALL BUSINESSES. BEGUN AS A 20TH CENTURY RAILROAD DEPOT, NIPTON IS RE-FORMING INTO ... | ||
