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The coronavirus pandemic is jeopardizing the long-term health of the public transit systems that provide a crucial circulatory system for major American cities - particularly for lower-income residents who depend on trains and buses to get to work, the market or the doctor.
Transit authorities have tried to ride out the pandemic, which has sharply reduced ridership and farebox revenues, by curtailing service. In New York, where the subway famously runs through the night, the subway no longer runs through the night. Metra, the Chicago area’s primary commuter rail service, has suspended roughly half of its daily schedule. Atlanta’s regional transportation agency has stopped running buses on more than 60 of its 110 bus routes.
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Why are American rail projects so costly? The initial results of an ambitious project by three researchers at New York University’s Marron Institute suggest one culprit hiding in plain sight: pointlessly fancy train stations.
On December 9, the NYU researchers Elif Ensari and Eric Goldwyn, trained as urban planners and architects, and Alon Levy, a mathematician and author of Pedestrian Observations, a widely read public transit blog held a panel discussion on the project’s first case study: the Green Line Extension (GLX) built by Boston’s public transit authority, the MBTA. In principle, GLX is simple. It extends an existing light-rail line 4.3 miles into Boston’s inner suburbs, mostly in a trench that already holds commuter rail tracks. But GLX’s costs ballooned after planning began in 2006, reaching $3 billion in 2015 more expensive per mile than most subways.
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BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 12: A man wearing an Anonymous mask joins demonstors protesting against the world financial system during a march on November 12, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protests in the USA, similar protests have been taking place across Germany, especially in Berlin and Frankfurt, for weeks.
According to The Star s latest report, the alleged Anonymous Malaysia hacking group claimed that it will initiate malicious attacks against the Malaysian government soon.
The hackers said added that their sudden appearance should be a wake-up call. They don t actively seek ways to grow their abilities, they re not curious about new horizons and they re unwilling to recognize and learn from their past mistakes, said Anonymous Malaysia via World of Buzz s latest report.
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