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| 'Ready2go' helps you drive safely Italy A-Pal, Tue 27 Jul 2010, 11:51 GMT | |||
| IN/INTERSTATE GROUNDBREAKING Washington, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 21:10 GMT VO/SOT THE EXTENSION OF INTERSTATE SIXTY-NINE IN INDIANA IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO COMPLETION. STATE OFFICIALS BROKE GROUND IN WASHINGTON, INDIANA ON THE THIRD SECTION OF THE ROAD, EXTENDING TO CRANE. THE THREE-POINT-TWO BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT SPANS ONE-HUNDRED-FORTY-TWO MILES AND WILL CONNECT... | |||
| WI/CABBIES HELP FIGHT CRIME Milwaukee, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 16:36 GMT VO/SOT CAB DRIVERS IN MILWAUKEE ARE TEAMING UP WITH AUTHORITIES TO HELP KEEP CITY STREETS SAFE. ALDERMAN BOB DONOVAN ANNOUNCED A PROGRAM TUESDAY CALLED "CABS ON PATROL". DRIVERS FOR THE AMERICAN UNITED TAXI SERVICE WILL CALL POLICE IF THEY WITNESS ANY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. DONOVAN SAYS... | |||
| MD/GOV, SENATOR RIDE MARC Linthicum, Thu 24 Jun 2010, 21:09 GMT VO/SOT AFTER RECENT SERVICE BREAKDOWNS, TWO OF MARYLAND'S LEADERS WORK TO REASSURE TRAIN RIDERS. GOVERNOR MARTIN O'MALLEY RIDING A MARC TRAIN WITH SENATOR BEN CARDIN TODAY. (thursday). THEY ARE APOLOGIZING TO RIDERS AFTER A TRAIN BROKE DOWN BETWEEN BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON, D-C... | |||
| IN/HIGHWAY NAMED FOR ASTRONAUT Indiana, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 18:28 GMT VO/SOT AN INDIANA ASTRONAUT IS HONORED WITH A HIGHWAY BEARING HIS NAME. KEVIN FORD PILOTED THE SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY LAST SUMMER ON A THIRTEEN-DAY MISSION. IN HIS HOMETOWN OF MONTPELIER, HE'S CONSIDERED A HERO. A TWELVE-MILE STRETCH OF STATE ROAD EIGHTEEN WAS NAMED IN FORD'S HONOR. ... | |||
| TX/ROAD BUCKLES FROM HEAT Texas, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 17:06 GMT VO INTENSE SUMMER HEAT BUCKLES A MAJOR ROAD IN TEXAS. A FEEDER ROAD ON LOOP SIX-TEN EAST IN HOUSTON BUCKLED BECAUSE OF THE ONE-HUNDRED DEGREE TEMPS. THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS THE ROAD ACTUALLY SHIFTED WHEN THE CONCRETE GOT TOO HOT. CHUNKS OF THE ROAD EVEN FLEW... | |||
| MI/GROUP BURIES HUMMER Michigan, Mon 21 Jun 2010, 22:09 GMT VO/SOT AN S-U-V IS GOING FROM 'PEDAL TO THE METAL'...TO SOON SPROUTING *FLOWER* PETALS. THE ACTIVIST GROUP, CODE PINK, BURYING THIS OLD HUMMER INTO THE GROUND IN DETROIT. GROUP MEMBERS SAY THEY PLAN TO PAINT THE S-U-V PINK AND FILL IT WITH FLOWERS...TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. ... | |||
| AZ/ TRUCKERS NEEDED Arizona, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 03:13 GMT MARTINEZ PKG THEY'RE ALL TRAINING TO HIT THE OPEN ROAD... BECAUSE TRUCKING COMPANIES---- ARE HIRING... THE INDUSTRY--- IS LOOKING TO HIRE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE... FOX'S MARC MARTINEZ HAS THE STORY. IT'S ESTIMATED THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY WILL NEED ONE MILLION NEW DRIVERS IN... | |||
| CA/TANKER TRUCK FIRE Corona, Fri 28 May 2010, 21:20 GMT AERIALS A TANKER TRUCK CARRYING THREE-THOUSAND GALLONS OF FUEL OVERTURNS AND ERUPTS INTO A BALL OF FLAMES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. (take aerials) THE THICK BLACK SMOKE AND ORANGE FLAMES LEAPT HIGH INTO THE AIR AND COULD BE SEEN FOR MILES. CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL SHUTTING DOWN HIGHWAY NINETY... | |||
| FL/ MD-80 JET MOVED Miami Springs, Thu 20 May 2010, 17:57 GMT MARSH PKG QUITE THE SPECTACLE TOOK PLACE ALONG SOME SUBURBAN MIAMI STREETS. A COMMERCIAL PLANE AIRLIFTED FROM THE CITY'S MAIN AIRPORT AND MOVED FOR AVIATION STUDENTS TO USE. FOX'S RENE MARSH REPORTS. THAT WAS RENE MARSH REPORTING. | |||
| TN / INTERSTATE SINKHOLE Memphis, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 21:52 GMT VO TRAFFIC IS SNARLED ALONG A TENNESSEE INTERSTATE ... AFTER A LARGE SINKHOLE OPENED UP THE ROADWAY. THE HOLE ON INTERSTATE TWO-FORTY NEAR MEMPHIS STARTED OUT ABOUT SIX AND A HALF FEET WIDE, TEN FEET LONG AND TWELVE FEET DEEP. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS EXPECT THE SINKHOLE... | |||
| Plan routier 2010-2020 (Vendée) France, Thu 18 Mar 2010, 11:19 GMT Le conseil général a lancé son nouveau plan routier 2010-2020, les six grands axes du département seront concernés par ce projet et 500 millions d'euros seront nécessaires à l'aboutissement de ces travaux. | |||
| CO/BOULDER BLOWN UP Colorado, Thu 11 Mar 2010, 03:09 GMT VO HIGHWAY WORKERS IN COLORADO HAVE BROUGHT DOWN A HUGE BOULDER ON A CLIFF ABOVE INTERSTATE SEVENTY WITH A POWERFUL DOES OF T-N-T... A MASSIVE ROCK SLIDE HAD CLOSED THE INTERSTATE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AT GLENWOOD SPRINGS. CREWS SPENT DAYS BLOWING APART THE HUGE BOULDERS...AND USING HEAVY... | |||
| ENGLAND/POTHOLES EVERYWHERE United States (USA), Thu 11 Mar 2010, 02:25 GMT CHAPMAN PKG A HARSH WINTER IN THE U-K LEADS TO HOLES IN THE ROADS AND HOLES IN LOCAL BUDGETS. AN ESTIMATED ONE-MILLION PLUS POTHOLES - PLAGUING MOTORISTS AND CYCLISTS. TESSA CHAPMAN WITH FOX'S SISTER NETWORK IN THE U-K SKY NEWS HAS MORE. | |||
| TN / TANKER BURNS - DRIVER INJURED Nashville, Tue 09 Mar 2010, 19:05 GMT VO ONE PERSON IS HURT WHEN A GASOLINE TANKER TRUCK CATCHES FIRE AT A CONVENIENCE STORE IN NASHVILLE. THE FIRE STARTED JUST BEFORE EIGHT-THIRTY TUESDAY MORNING AT A RACEWAY STATION NEAR THE AIRPORT. WITNESSES SAY THEY HEARD MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS. A FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAYS... | |||
| IN/CAN'T AFFORD ASPHALT Indiana, Tue 09 Mar 2010, 17:30 GMT VO/SOT AN INDIANA ROAD COMMISSIONER SAYS HIS COUNTY CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO REPAIR THEIR ROADS. REVENUES FOR REPAVING THE ASPHALT ROADS IN CASS COUNTY COME FROM THE STATE GAS TAX. BUT THE REVENUE HAS BEEN GOING DOWN - AND THE COST TO REPAVE HAS GONE UP. GEARHART says: "It's pretty bumpy.... | |||
| CO/ROCKSLIDE BLAST Glenwood Springs, Tue 09 Mar 2010, 01:49 GMT VO/SOT CREWS WORK TO CLEAR A MASSIVE ROCK SLIDE ON INTERSTATE SEVENTY IN WESTERN COLORADO. THEY ARE USING JACKHAMMERS.... PICK-AXES... AND EXPLOSIVES TO CLEAR THE ROAD ABOUT TWENTY ROCKS RAINED DOWN ONTO THE MAJOR ROAD IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ONE OF THE ROCKS REPORTEDLY WEIGHED... | |||
| CO/MORE ROCK SLIDE CLOSES I-70 Glenwood Springs, Mon 08 Mar 2010, 20:09 GMT VO CREWS ARE WORKING TO CLEAR A MAJOR ROCK SLIDE THAT CLOSED DOWN A BUSY INTERSTATE IN WESTERN COLORADO. IT HAPPENED JUST WEST OF THE HANGING LAKE TUNNEL SUNDAY IN GLENWOOD CANYON, LEAVING TWO LARGE HOLES IN THE ROAD. THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORATION SAYS THE LARGEST BOULDERS... | |||
| CO/ROCK SLIDE CLOSES I-70 Glenwood Springs, Mon 08 Mar 2010, 17:38 GMT STILLS CREWS ARE WORKING TO CLEAR A MAJOR ROCK SLIDE THAT CLOSED DOWN A BUSY INTERSTATE IN WESTERN COLORADO. (take stills) IT HAPPENED JUST WEST OF THE HANGING LAKE TUNNEL IN GLENWOOD CANYON, LEAVING TWO LARGE HOLES IN THE ROAD. THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORATION SAYS THE LARGEST... | |||
| PAKISTAN/JINGLE TRUCKS United States (USA), Sun 21 Feb 2010, 01:45 GMT HEIDLER PKG TRACTOR TRAILERS AND OTHER CARGO HAULING TRUCKS ARE OFTEN INCONVENIENCES FOR DRIVERS WHO SHARE THE ROADS WITH THEM HERE IN THE U-S. BUT IN PAKISTAN -- THEY CAN BE ROLLING PIECES OF ART THAT ARE A JOY TO BEHOLD. SCOTT HEIDLER HAS THE STORY IN RAWALPINDI. | |||
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