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Candidates Avoid Talking Transportation in Advance of Iowa Caucuses
// politics
38 days ago
by Erica C. Barnett
Politico reports today that the Republican presidential hopefuls have stayed mostly silent on where they stand on transportation funding in the runup to the Iowa caucuses—a marked distinction from Democratic President Obama, who has made infrastructure (specifically, repairing roads and bridges and ...
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2011 Round up
38 days ago
by elisa
Happy New Year to all our readers! Before we move on to this year’s news, here’s a round up of some of the biggest stories we covered on this blog in 2011, it certainly was an eventful year! January started with the troubled BMI threatening to withdraw its Heathrow – Glasgow route after passenger ch ...
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#farefail and the cost of rail travel in Britain: a snapshot of life for ...
38 days ago
by Rhys Griffiths
The story of dramatic rail fare rises in Britain is one of the great annual journalistic staples, along with pretty girls jumping for joy at their exam results around August and the inevitable autumn warnings that a big freeze is on its way. Today the MailOnline reports, screaming headline and all, ...
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Japan Rail Pass – Why you should buy one when Visiting Japan
38 days ago
by Jamaipanese
While doing my calculations and working out my budget for my trip to Japan last year the second thing on the list after my plane tickets and before even accommodation and spending money was a Japan Rail Pass. The JR pass is a special railway discount pass that allows persons visiting Japan for a sho ...
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