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- The Road to Clarity
  Posted by Jon from New York Times
  A fascinating, long article about the quest for a more readable font for highway signs.
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- Travelers Face Frustrations With Passport Rule Changes
  Posted by Shemuses from New York Times
  The State Department has acknowledged long delays from “unprecedented demand” after new rules requiring passports for travelers returning from Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean. It expects to announce new measures soon to ease the nationwide crush.
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- Paying for 'Free' Transit
  Posted by Shemuses from The Tyee
  In British Columbia's Lower Mainland, one of the most expensive places to live in North America, a family travelled from Coquitlam to Vancouver by public transit during spring break. It cost the mother and her three sons $26 in day passes. Even with the higher cost of fuel today, taking the bus and SkyTrain is more expensive than driving for most families. In fact, Vancouver fares for kids and students are the highest in Canada – and slated to go up.
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- Next Door to BC, the Bus Is Free
  Posted by Shemuses from The Tyee
  Have you ever imagined a world where riders of public transit pay no fares, the atmosphere on board every bus is calm and friendly, and all buses not only have bike racks and are wheelchair accessible, but are completely free of advertisements?
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- Viaduct section settles another quarter inch
  Posted by Jon from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  The five inches of settlement is still short of the six-inch amount at which the state had determined that repairs were needed, and "if it continues to follow the settlement trends in the past we should be well ahead of the 6-inch limit" by the time repairs start this fall, Coffman said. The state imposed a 10-ton vehicle weight limit on the structure and has restricted heavy trucks to the right-hand lanes in each direction to reduce stress on its cross-beams
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- Why won't America build high speed rail?
  Posted by Jeff from Al Jazeera
  I want one of these...The experimental V150 train, which had two locomotives and extra-large wheels, reached 574.8kph on a specially prepared section of track east of Paris, the French capital.
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- Mass transit may end up as biggest winner after Seattle's viaduct vote
  Posted by Jon from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  Amen!
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