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Transit Systems Are Turning To Hybrid Buses

nytimes.com | MICHELINE MAYNARD | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

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Transit systems from New York to Taipei, and from Ames, Iowa, to Ann Arbor, Mich., are adding hybrid buses at a rapid clip. New York, by far, has the ...

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My Metropolitan Diary

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 10.01.2009 | Comedy

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Dear Diary: Today I threw an empty soda bottle into a trashcan, and a rat jumped out at my face.

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Free Crosstown Buses Proposed By Bloomberg

New York Times | Sewell Chan and Michael Barbaro | Posted 09.03.2009 | New York

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Manhattan's notoriously slow crosstown buses �" like the M34, M42 and M50 �" move at such a snail's pace that the Metropolitan Transportation Auth...

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Smarten Up and Stop Idling

Wendy Gordon | Posted 08.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Pahs, Anti-Idling Laws, Children's IQ, Urban Air Quality, Buses, Emissions, Air Pollution, Trucks, Pre-Natal Exposure, Green News

Prenatal exposure to combustion byproducts lowers children's IQ, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH).

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Bush Department of Education Can't Write

William Klein | Posted 02.27.2009 | Media

Read More: College Students, Photos, Bush Administration, Education, Department of Education, Buses, Advertising, Media News

Observed on a Washington, D.C. bus: this ad from the outgoing Department of Education, promoting the value of a college degree.

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A Touch of Reality in Print and on Screen

Danny Groner | Posted 02.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Reality TV, Character, The Real World, Mtv, Writing, Novels, Sex and the City, Darren Star, Buses, 1992, MTV the Real World, Maria Semple, He's Just Not That Into You, New York City, Novel, Sex, Entertainment News

Last night, as part of her book tour, Semple spoke with Sex and the City executive producer, Darren Star, about the process of writing her novel, This One is Mine.

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Seattle Bus Crash Leaves Bus Dangling Over Interstate (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 09.16.2009 | Home

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Scroll down for video SEATTLE - Two buses crashed Friday on a Seattle street, pushing one through a guardrail next to Interstate 5 and leaving its ...

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London Mayor Says Iconic Buses Will Return In 2011

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 01.19.2009 | World

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LONDON — The mayor unveiled plans Friday to bring back the beloved red double-decker Routemaster to London's streets, but his opponents say the ...

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Plugging in for a Better Tomorrow: The School Bus 'Solution'

A. Siegel | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Oil Imports, Children, Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles, Childhood Health, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Diesel, School Bus, Pollution, School, Transportation, Plug-in Hybrid, Health, Oil, Buses, Technology, Public Education, Green News

Hybrids are too often thought of simply in terms of personal vehicles. They are also penetrating the big vehicle market space. And, well, now they're coming to a school system (maybe) near you.

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GM Must Re-Make the Mass Transit System it Murdered

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green

GM's special role in history must now evolve into using its infrastructure to restore the mass transit system -- and ecological balance -- it has helped destroy.

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In US, gas prices mean more riders, fewer buses

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 08.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Public Transportation, Buses, Commute, Commuters, Emissions, Reducing Emissions, Business News

DENVER — High gas prices almost killed the lifeline to the city for a group of mountain commuters. Park County bus riders recently had to plead...

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