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Interestingly, railroad lines often provide not only habitat, but also linear travel corridors that connect open green spaces.

FOUR WILD ANIMALS THAT ARE THRIVING IN CITIESBY RYAN CHELIUS/OUTDOOR LIFEFEBRUARY 9, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCE

The country’s passenger railroad is spending $3 million in cash bonuses to encourage workers to get a coronavirus vaccine, an effort to speed protection of its workforce and passengers.

GET PAID FOR GETTING A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE? AMTRAK OFFERS A CASH BONUS TO WORKERS WHO GET VACCINATED.LUZ LAZOFEBRUARY 3, 2021WASHINGTON POST

She said the railroad can report security issues, including mask policy violators, to the TSA for further investigation and potential civil fines.

TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES WRESTLE WITH NEW FEDERAL MASK MANDATELUZ LAZO, LORI ARATANI, JUSTIN GEORGEFEBRUARY 2, 2021WASHINGTON POST

The technology, being tested in Japan, would also revolutionize train travel in the country and operate separately from existing railroad lines.

D.C. WARNS A MAGLEV STOP AT MOUNT VERNON SQUARE WOULD BRING DISRUPTIONLUZ LAZOJANUARY 25, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Deputies with the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office found Mitchell in the woods near some railroad tracks and not far from the crash site.

SHOOTINGS LEAVE 3 DEAD IN PRINCE WILLIAM, FAUQUIER COUNTIESDANA HEDGPETHJANUARY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POST

While the railroad suggests it could resume daily service as soon as next summer, Amtrak leaders have been outspoken for more than a year about their desire to remove long-distance trains such as the Crescent from the schedule.

ABOARD AMTRAK’S CRESCENT, SURPRISING COMFORT AND WELCOME SECLUSION ON A SLOW TRAIN TO MISSISSIPPISCOTT BUTTERWORTHJANUARY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POST

The CPUC was formed in the early 20th century to regulate railroads.

SHE NOTICED $200 MILLION MISSING, THEN SHE WAS FIREDBY SCOTT MORRIS, BAY CITY NEWS FOUNDATIONDECEMBER 24, 2020PROPUBLICA

With a wary eye on the rest of Iowa, Thompson’s emergency management coordinator noticed an odd spike of cases a few days later in a tiny old railroad town called Columbus Junction, where a Tyson pork plant would soon close due to an outbreak.

AS COVID-19 RAVAGED THIS IOWA CITY, OFFICIALS DISCOVERED MEATPACKING EXECUTIVES WERE THE ONES IN CHARGEBY MICHAEL GRABELL AND BERNICE YEUNGDECEMBER 21, 2020PROPUBLICA

The railroad in the past had said parking is not essential to its operations at Union Station.

PRESSURE MOUNTS ON FEDERAL AGENCY OVER UNION STATION REDEVELOPMENT. CRITICS SAY PLAN IS TOO FOCUSED ON CARS.LUZ LAZODECEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POST

Escobedo floated the idea of using part of an already built-out cross-border cargo railroad.

WHAT A LOCALLY DESIGNED BORDER MIGHT LOOK LIKEMAYA SRIKRISHNANDECEMBER 15, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO

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