NewsRack: 'Pedestrians' news in 'Transportation-National' topic for user flenvcenter

No quick fix for downed bridge on holiday weekend	25.5.2013	Yahoo: Top Stories
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Washington state officials are scrambling to find a temporary fix for a bridge that collapsed on an important interstate highway and, incredibly, left just three motorists with injuries. Whatever the solution, it won't come in time to help with Memorial Day's highway hoards. ...
Trucker bumps I-5 bridge, sees horror behind him	25.5.2013	Yahoo: Top Stories
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — The trucker was hauling a load of drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him. Two vehicles fell into the icy Skagit River. ...
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Trucker bumps I-5 bridge, sees tragedy behind him	25.5.2013	Yahoo: Top Stories
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — The trucker was hauling a load of drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him. Two vehicles fell into the icy Skagit River. ...
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Intersection of Louisiana Avenue and Hwy. 7 to be rebuilt in St. Louis Park	24.5.2013	Star Tribune: Business
The busy intersection of Louisiana Avenue and Hwy. 7 will become an interchange with on- and off-ramps. The city hopes it will spur development.
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Two Bears Rescued In Kosovo After A Life Of Captivity	23.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
MRAMOR, Kosovo (AP) — Two brown bears have been released into a special sanctuary after being held in a 20-square-meter cage almost their entire lives...
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New road in the works for stranded Oak Park Heights neighborhood	23.5.2013	Star Tribune: Local
Officials have proposed rerouting Oak Park Heights’ Peabody Avenue, closed for the St. Croix River bridge project, to provide a neighborhood exit.
UW expanding its Burke-Gilman Trail section	23.5.2013	Seattle Times: Local
The University of Washington said Wednesday it will ask for $12 million in federal stimulus money in hopes of widening a 1.7-mile segment of the Burke-Gilman Trail by 2016, to serve an estimated 10,000 daily users. That’s the year Sound Transit light rail is expected to reach a new station alo
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Man hit by train in Sodo suffers life-threatening injuries	21.5.2013	Seattle Times: Local
All Link light rail stations are back in service, after a man was struck by a train this morning at 4th Avenue South and South Holgate Street south of Seattle’s Sodo neighborhood. The man suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to Harborview Medical Center. Holgate was closed bet
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Light rail train hits pedestrian in Seattle	21.5.2013	Seattle Times: Local
A Sound Transit light rail train hit a man Tuesday morning in Seattle's SODO neighborhood, south of downtown.
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Celebrated climbing location may get a face-lift	21.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 21, 2013 01:01AM MDT The U.S. Forest Service is looking to improve access to the world-renowned rock-climbing routes in lower Little Cottonwood Canyon. Its Salt Lake Ranger District is proposing to remove a dilapidated Grit Mill and equipment from the north side of the canyon road, just uphill from the park-and-ride lot and below The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ vaults, and replace them with a better parking lot and an improved trail system for reaching the granite faces that attract thousands of cli... ...
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More Mount Vernon students try walking to school	20.5.2013	AP Washington
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- More students at Centennial and Little Mountain elementary schools will be walking or biking to school starting Monday as part of a pilot project to test several safe walking zones around the schools....
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Officer shot in Marathon showdown wants to work	20.5.2013	Seattle Times: Top stories
With a bullet still in his body, the police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects said Sunday he's determined to return to duty.
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Officer shot in Marathon showdown wants to work	20.5.2013	Twincities.com: Nation
BOSTON—With a bullet still in his body, the police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects said Sunday he's
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A bullet in his body, officer who survived Boston bombing suspect showdown aims to work again	20.5.2013	Star Tribune: Nation

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Officer shot in Marathon showdown wants to work	20.5.2013	AP Top News
BOSTON (AP) -- With a bullet still in his body, the police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects said Sunday he's determined to return to duty....
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Leaking water in subways costs millions in claims	19.5.2013	Philly.com News
SEPTA, PATCO, and the City of Philadelphia have paid millions of dollars to victims of slip-and-fall accidents in subways while failing to fix the hazards that cause the accidents.
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Internet fugitive left a trail of witnesses	18.5.2013	Philly.com News
Just as the Internet made Caleb "Kai" Lawrence McGillvary a cyber celebrity, viral news of him as a fugitive - wanted in the slaying of a North Jersey lawyer - led to his capture, law enforcement agencies said in interviews Friday.
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Subway System Being Prepared For Next Big Storm	17.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
NEW YORK (AP) — Removable panels and inflatable plugs are among the ideas New York City's transit officials are considering to stop the next big...
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Obama Tries Hard To Change The Subject	17.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
By Mark Felsenthal and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday will seek to turn the spotlight from controversies threatening...
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Tomorrow Is Bike To Work Day!	16.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
From Mother Nature Network's Chris Baskind: There's never been a better time to consider walking, public transportation — or the greenest, most efficient form of...
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