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TN Moving Stories: NY Tour Bus Checkpoint Finds 100% of Buses in Violation,...
Senator Charles Schumer in Chinatown (photo by Arun Venugopal/WNYC) A vehicle checkpoint in NY found that 14 out of 14 tour buses stopped had safety problems, leading NY Senator Charles Schumer to call...
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Safety Keeps Pittsburgh Cyclists from Becoming Bike Commuters
(Larkin Page-Jacobs/Essential Public Radio) (Larkin Page-Jacobs, Pittsburgh, Penn. — Essential Public Radio) Bob Knoll and two of his friends decided to go on a bike ride back on Memorial Day. It...
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TN MOVING STORIES: American Airlines Files for Bankruptcy, Pittsburgh’s...
Top stories on TN: Building the Second Avenue Subway: the sandhog tradition stays in the family. (Link) Choose your own rail adventure — via computer games. (Link) Audio tour: the worst road in...
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The History, and (Questionable) Future of Pittsburgh’s Public Transit
(Photo (cc) by Flickr user: Amphis d'@illeurs) Like many cities, Pittsburgh is fending off steep transit cuts. To catch you up on the stakes in Pittsburgh, the Port Authority, the agency in charge of...
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Pittsburgh’s “Paper Streets:” Hard To Maintain, Harder to Take Responsibility...
Some cyclists use this shortcut after work, when it is dark and difficult to see the path. An adult bike is positioned next to the sinkhole to show scale. (Photo by Emily DeMarco/PublicSource) Listen...
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Data Dive: Pittsburgh Struggling to Fill Potholes
(Emily DeMarco, PublicSource) Jessica Ferrell knows the danger of potholes. She fell twice because of the same one: Once when she was pregnant, then again when she was carrying her newborn baby in a...
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Shale Drillers Eager to Move Wastewater on Barges
The "Vulcan" towboat and its load pass the Point on the Ohio River, highlighted by the sunrise. The Vulcan beongs to the Consol Energy fleet. (Photo by Darrell Sapp / Post-Gazette) (Emily DeMarco –...
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Pittsburgh Not Enforcing Tow Truck Licensing Rules
Illustration by Anita DuFalla (Halle Stockton — PublicSource) In April 2010, the Pittsburgh City Council unanimously passed an ordinance to protect motorists from aggressive tow-truck drivers. Council...
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Anatomy of a Water Main Break
A water main break rages under the South Millvale Bridge in Bloomfield in January. (Photo courtesy of PWSA) (Larkin Page-Jacobs, Pittsburgh, WESA) You know it’s winter in Pittsburgh when your car is...
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Old Diesel Equipment Still Spewing Soot Into Pittsburgh’s Air
(photo by Emily DeMarco/Public Source) (Emily DeMarco, PublicSource) Morry Feldman downs two horse pills with breakfast. Then, he uses four different sprays. Two puffs into the mouth. Two into the...
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