BERLIN, GERMANY, May 16, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –
Bombardier Transportation is today celebrating the start of
passenger services on the newly extended BOMBARDIER INNOVIA APM 100
automated people mover (APM) system at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
International Airport. The transit system extension will serve
millions of world travellers at the brand new Maynard H. Jackson Jr.
International Terminal, which officially opened today.
Bombardier...
Business isnt always about boardrooms, briefings and black coffee. So, in tribute to the North-East men and women who take a more unusual approach to enterprise, this week, Lauren Pyrah
talks to Jay Gunn, who owns and runs Darlington-based Jays Animal Encounters.
Tell us about your business.
Animal Encounters gives people the opportunity to meet animals and get closer to them than they have before. I have a collection of about 60 different species ranging from meerkats to snakes and
reptiles, which were all born into captivity and are used to being handled, so have a high tolerance of people.
By Steve Visser
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
After a second day of slower than normal commutes on Ga. 400 southbound, transportation officials are asking commuters to have patience with a new shoulder lane, designed to ease traffic. But drivers worry the plan has created a new safety hazard on a highway known for its unpredictable and heavy commutes.
Transportation Upgrades Seek Statewide Support, Funding
Safety, job creation, and better transportation were cited Monday as reasons Missouri needs funding for better roads, rail and bridges.
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May 15 (Reuters) – US energy firm Anadarko Petroleum Corp
said it has encountered gas offshore Mozambique.
Anadarko said the Golfinho discovery well, within the
Offshore Area 1 of the Rovuma Basin, encountered more than…
EAGLE-EYED Gold Coast residents have been urged to keep a watch for UFOs after a pair of significant sightings near Mudgeeraba.
The central Hinterland area has become a hot spot for UFO sightings, with multiple reports of glowing lights.
Sightings were reported in late March and last month, the beginning of the colder months in which fewer close encounters of the first kind usually are reported.
Strike Graphite Corporation has discovered flake graphite at the Simon Lake Property, located in north-central Saskatchewan, Canada.
SL-12-002 encountered about 132.5m of graphite bearing rocks over a 148.7m zone between 72.1 and 220.8m depth, while SL-12-001 encountered three graphitic intervals beginning at the start of bedrock.
Until now, the company has drilled two diamond drill holes within the Simon Lake prospect, and began spudding of a third drill hole about 10km to the southwest of Simon Lake.
Strike Graphite Corporation CEO Blair Way said, This second hole has yielded close to 150 meters of graphitic material. We look forward to seeing the lab test work results...
With gas prices in Southern California near all-time highs, Los Angeles Mayor AntonioVillaraigosa is again stressing the need for the region to strengthen its transit network. In Wednesday’s State of the City Address, the mayor reiterated his commitment to improving public transportation, promising that Angelinos will soon witness an increase transit options.
As President of the US Conference of Mayors, Villaraigosa has shown his ability to see big-picture issues, and he understands the importance of light rails, subways, trains, efficient bus lines, etc., to the sustainability and cohesiveness of a traditionally sprawling metropolis. Los Angeles now has an opportunity to build...
For the first time since 2010, all lanes are open on Congress Parkway between Wells Street and Michigan Avenue, city and state transportation officials announced Tuesday.
The $18 million streetscape project along the parkway is nearing completion, they added. The ramps from the Kennedy and Dan Ryan expressways to Congress are open as well, and all lanes are open in both directions on the Congress Parkway bridge, officials said.
The opening of the lanes was not timed to coincide with the NATO summit Sunday and Monday at McCormick Place, officials said.
We had been anticipating and announcing for several months that we would be able to finish in mid-May, said Guy Tridgell,...
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May 15, 2012
Living in the middle of a natural gas boom can be pretty unsettling. The area around the town of Silt, Colo., used to be the kind of sleepy rural place where the tweet of birds was the most you would hear. Now it’s hard to make out the birds because of the rumbling of natural gas drilling rigs.
The land here is steep cliffs and valleys. But bare splotches of earth called well pads are all over the place.
Science And The Fracking Boom:...
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