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OFFICIALS EYE PUTTING BREDA TROLLEY CARS BACK ON TRACK BY END OF MONTH
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State safety officials yesterday approved the MBTA's plans to
reintroduce its derailment-prone No. 8 Breda trolley cars to service,
with the low-floor trolleys possibly picking up passengers on the
Green Line's B branch by the end of the month.
But more testing in warmer temperatures is needed before the state
will allow Bredas on all Green Line branches, according to a report
released yesterday by the state Department of Telecommunications and
Energy. In past testing, the cars have made only cold weather runs in
which the metal rails are less likely to buckle or expand.
The slow ...
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Enviro-friendly buffet clarinets gain acceptance. (Boosey and Hawkes Musical Instruments' Green Line brand of clarinets and oboes)
Magazine article from: Music Trades
; The Boosey & Hawkes Green Line of clarinets and oboes, which will...technology developed in France, the Green Line clarinets and oboes are made from...had never seen a product like the Green Line until last year, when we introduced...
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Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal
; ...in the summer of 1995, the Metro Rail Green Line was dubbed the train to nowhere. On the...the Century (105) Freeway. But now, the Green Line is packed at rush hour as average ridership...per day. So many people are taking the Green Line that the Metropolitan Transportation...
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Plan Designates Airport as a Destination for Light Rail.
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal
; ...the western terminus of the Metro Rail Green Line from what would seem to be its true...International Airport. The reasons behind the Green Line's shortcoming are rooted in politics...nearly six years after its completion, the Green Line is once again drawing the attention of...
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Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal
; The Metro Green Line, scheduled to open this June, has the...Bullish sources said they are hopeful the Green Line would prompt development similar to...sources pointed out that much of the Green Line hype thus far may be little more than...
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Magazine article from: Moment
; ...want to plan a day-trip--all but the Green Line, the border between Israel and the West...means most maps in Israel--don't show the Green Line. Few Israelis know that the order to...have a clear understanding of where the Green Line is. Last year Hebrew University geographer...
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Chicago revives an ailing 'L.' (the 100-year-old Green Line elevated train)(Cities in Transit)
Magazine article from: Railway Age
; ...a $360 million rehab, the century-old Green Line is back in business, good for another...Jackson Park-Englewood elevated--the Green Line--would be shut down in 1994 for a complete...expressway of the same name. Some parts of the Green Line had been in service for 100 years or...
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Riding the Green Line.(Editorials)(The future has a down-to-earth feel)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
; ...step in that direction. Buses along the Green Line efficiently whisked riders from downtown...normal for LTD, but not warp speed. As the Green Line opens, LTD officials have been counting...a futuristic feel. People riding the Green Line for the first time Sunday were plainly...
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Eugene, Oregon, earns global recognition for its transportation efforts.(Brief article)
Magazine article from: World Watch
; ...January 2007. This corridor, the EmX Green Line, extends 6.4 kilometers between Eugene...every 10 minutes. Within a year, the EmX Green Line weekday ridership doubled from 2,700...survey found that riders perceived the Green Line to cover its route faster than it actually...
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Reclaiming the sea: Joseph Mayton reports on some of the environmental consequences of this summer's Israeli attack on Lebanon and the delays that have compounded the problem.(MOSAIC)
Magazine article from: The Middle East
; ...According to a local environmental NGO, Green Line, 15,000 tons of oil has spilled into...ceasefire went into place on 14 August, Green Line began a massive clean-up and education...Jana Makhal, logistics coordinator at Green Line. Our main concentration has been the...
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Metro Brasilia has opened a two-station extension of the Green Line.(Brasilia)
Magazine article from: International Railway Journal
; Metro Brasilia has opened a two-station extension of the Green Line from Praca do Relogio to Ceilandia Sul.
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