Archive for November, 2009

Union rules tie ata’s hands in cutting bus budget – Kansas City Star

November 30th, 2009

Union rules tie ata's hands in cutting bus budget
Kansas City Star
Last summer, New Orleans hired a private company to take over operation of its bus and streetcar lines. The deal could save the city up to 30 percent, ...

Open Thread and Diary Rescue – Daily Kos (blog)

November 29th, 2009

Open Thread and Diary Rescue
Daily Kos (blog)
by Diary Rescue Riding the Diary Rescue streetcar tonight are blank frank, hoosierdeb, itsjessme, srkp23, and jlms qkw, with yatpundit in the motorman's ...

New Orleans keeps on humming – Stuff.co.nz

November 29th, 2009

Stuff.co.nz

New Orleans keeps on humming
Stuff.co.nz
The French claimed her, the Spanish won her and by the time she was bought by the Americans, New Orleans was already a grand ...

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Oklahoma City MAPS 3 proposal includes streetcar system – NewsOK.com

November 29th, 2009

Oklahoma City MAPS 3 proposal includes streetcar system
NewsOK.com
The streetcar system proposed in Oklahoma City isn't like the historic streetcars in San Francisco and New Orleans. "The modern streetcars are much more ...

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Lack of subcontracting ties bus system’s hands – Kansas City Star

November 28th, 2009

Lack of subcontracting ties bus system's hands
Kansas City Star
Last summer, New Orleans hired a private company to take over operation of its bus and streetcar lines. The deal could save the city up to 30 percent, ...

Audubon Insectarium gets two new baby white alligators – Examiner.com

November 28th, 2009

Examiner.com

Audubon Insectarium gets two new baby white alligators
Examiner.com
The New Orleans & Carrolliton Line is the oldest street railway still in operation today? The St. Charles streetcar line is one of two national moving ...

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Jim Donaldson: The Patriots can chalk this one up in the loss column – Providence Journal

November 28th, 2009

Jim Donaldson: The Patriots can chalk this one up in the loss column
Providence Journal
That was Colts QB Peyton Manning, who just happens to be a native of New Orleans, having grown up in the fashionable Garden District, a streetcar ride out ...

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New Orleans Christmas book recalls yuletides past and present – NOLA.com

November 27th, 2009

NOLA.com

New Orleans Christmas book recalls yuletides past and present
NOLA.com
In their new book, “Christmas in New Orleans,” veteran local historians Peggy Scott Laborde and John Magill take us on a tour of Yuletides past and present ...

And the bands played on – Sydney Morning Herald

November 27th, 2009

Sydney Morning Herald

And the bands played on
Sydney Morning Herald
The French claimed her, the Spanish won her and by the time she was bought by the English, New Orleans was already a grand old lady. ...

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Dallas considers downtown, Oak Cliff trolley routes – Dallas Morning News

November 27th, 2009

Dallas Morning News

Dallas considers downtown, Oak Cliff trolley routes
Dallas Morning News
Streetcars have become synonymous with some of America's most famous cities, such as New Orleans and San Francisco. And recently scores of others have ...

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