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Showing posts with label transportation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transportation. Show all posts
Thursday, September 19, 2024

Spoliation risk shows ill wisdom of state awarding contract to defendant in lawsuit over same project

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The eastbound span of the Washington Bridge remains functional. Jef Nickerson via Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0 The state of Rhode Island has found i...
Thursday, September 7, 2023

Denying public access to crash data, did state agency prioritize fear of litigation over public safety?

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Map of bicycle and pedestrian accidents in Providence, R.I., 2009-17, from Providence Great Streets Master Plan (2020) Rhode Island authori...
Thursday, February 23, 2023

Follow the dollar, name politicians in train disaster

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Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) blocked rail safety measures. Medill DC via Flickr CC BY 2.0 Government "tried" to regulate rail, but ...
Thursday, February 16, 2023

Americans chase dream of air passenger rights, while EU consumer protection reaches age of majority

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Boarding a flight in Ilorin, Nigeria, in December 2022. RJ Peltz-Steele CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 A Savory Tort Investigation The Christmastime South...
Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Proposed Biden rule would try again to compel airline pricing transparency; it worked out so well last time

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President Biden has his own plane. (U.S. Mission photo by Eric Bridiers CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr ) The U.S. Department of Transportation (DO...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Chicago Transit Authority seeks to hire tort lawyers

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The Chicago Transit Authority is looking for lawyers specifically to handle tort claims. This job is unusually specific to tort work. Here i...
Monday, March 9, 2020

Poor development choices may bolster quality-of-life disparity on Tanzania's Msasani Peninsula

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 Coco Beach, Msasani Peninsula, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. All photos RJ Peltz-Steele CC BY-SA 4.0 . The short length of Coco Beach is t...
Saturday, October 26, 2019

Social-science saucebox opines on bike-bridge closures

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A reporter stopped me on a run last week to obtain my critical policy analysis of the bridge-replacement situation on the East Bay Bike ...