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...One day in Massachusetts, he happened upon Melville’s great-great-grandson, Peter Gansevoort Whittemore, at a marathon reading of Moby-Dick in New Bedford....
...global government affairs at Cruise, called the decision a “historic industry milestone” that would put the company in a position “to compete with traditional ridehail, and challenge an unsafe, inaccessible transportation...
...While Ukraine does have alternative export routes for its grain, these involve significantly higher transportation costs....
...Uber made transportation more efficient but it caused more people to work in transportation services because the demand response was so strong....
...We will see . . . how that trend continues,” said Janno Lieber, chief of New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority at a press conference in mid-March....
...San Francisco’s decision to create a market for medallions made the city a lot of money – $63mn, according to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), the city agency with regulatory authority...
...Back then, though, the authorities had no idea where he was....
...Coronavirus digest Humanitarian efforts to assist Tonga after a volcanic eruption are being complicated by the South Pacific nation’s determination to keep Covid-19 at bay....
...San Francisco and six other counties in the Bay Area have reinstated a universal mask mandate for indoor public places....
...Nearly 97 per cent of start-ups stayed in the Bay Area during 2020, with 1.2 per cent relocating....
...Local authorities in California’s Bay Area, home to San Francisco and Silicon Valley, issued a “stay at home” order on Friday as the pandemic’s spread stoked fears about dwindling intensive care unit capacity...
...Robert Redfield, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that while the decision was not “under critical review” by public health authorities, he was unhappy with the move....
...Uber has signed a deal to manage public transport in Marin County, in the San Francisco Bay area, with its software....
...Poyang county in Jiangxi province turned all traffic lights red on Monday and barred any travel on roads, as its neighbouring counties closed all transportation links....
...The measures presented to the International Olympic Committee included reductions in staff numbers and less spent on food and transportation....
...Data from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation showed a sharp drop in traffic delays in the metro area....
...Ashley Nunes is an academic at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University....
...That will cost CRRC tens of millions of dollars extra to finish cars for the Massachusetts Bay area. The hit will crimp group earnings only modestly....
...In December 2015, the European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) concluded there was no need to overhaul regulations for proxy advisers....
...Ashley Nunes is an academic at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, previously he lead research projects sponsored by the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation...
...A 2017 study by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority found that average travel speeds at peak times through key arterial routes have fallen by more than 25 per cent since 2009 — the year Uber...
...Uber has spoken with London’s transport authority about “deepening” their relationship, as the ride-hailing app seeks to strike partnerships with public transportation providers....
...Authorities said on Friday that the fire had expanded to more than 140,000 acres and was still only 50 per cent contained....
...All the scooters were removed in June while the city’s authorities deliberated over the permitting process....
...Skip’s conciliatory ethos was not lost on the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which also granted a pilot permit to local company Scoot....
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