Transportation: Page 136

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    Reconfiguration to make Triangle safer

    The Grandview Triangle in Kansas City, Mo., has one of the fastest-growing rush hour traffic rates in the country.

    Nov. 30, 2000
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    Solving fabric problems in road repair

    Over the past several years, a number of failures have cropped up with paving fabric placed as an interlayer between an older asphalt pavement and a new asphalt overlay.

    By Mike Phillips • Jan. 1, 2000
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    Top 5 stories from Smart Cities Dive

    From worsening climate change to a shifting transportation landscape and the housing affordability crisis, cities have their work cut out for them.

    By Smart Cities Dive staff
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    Central Artery pumps new life into Boston

    In baseball, Boston is known for the Green Monster, the 60-foot-high left field wall at Fenway Park that has frustrated many a hitter. But the city has another Green Monster: the green steel elevated section of Interstate 93 that runs through the city’s heart.

    By David Beck • June 1, 1999
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    Herbicides help Illinois DOT control roadside weeds

    Mowing is the standard method for eliminating weeds and woody brush from highway roadsides. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), however, has found herbicides to be a more effective solution.

    March 1, 1998
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    Despite setbacks, Atlanta’s big wheels keep turning

    The buses were just beginning to roll into Atlanta for the 1996 Olympic Games when the city was rear-ended with potentially bad news: some transit officials, who had earlier promised the Federal Transit Administration and city officials that they would loan buses for the Games, have put their plans into reverse, cutting contributions to the Olympic fleet.

    By Kari Hudson • July 1, 1996
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    City solves landfill worries with transfer station

    Olathe, Kan., is using a new transfer station, built through a public/private partnership, to remain competitive in the Kansas City metropolitan area solid waste market, which is dominated by private haulers.

    Feb. 1, 1996
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    Atlanta’s transit system ‘trains’ for 1996 Olympics

    On July 19, 1996, Atlanta will host the Olympic Games and the 2 million-plus spectators, athletes and media expected at the 17-day event.

    By Kari Hudson • Jan. 1, 1996
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    Aesthetics meet function: making roads safe and beautiful

    Planners, engineers and landscape architects do not always speak the same language, although they must work together to design and build functional yet

    By Betsy Cuthbertson • Sept. 1, 1995
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    First elevated train gets fresh coat of paint

    Chicago's Green Line, the elevated train platform running for 22 miles through Chicago's South Side to downtown, was the nation's first elevated train.

    July 31, 1995