Freight transport articles
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Portland Freight Train Derailment Spotlights Transportation and Environmental Risks
A Union Pacific freight train derailed on the east end of Portland's Steel Bridge Monday, halting traffic for several hours. Advocates say it could've been a lot worse. by Taylor Griggs A Union Pacific (UP) freight train derailed around 6 am Monday morning on the east end of the Steel Bridge, halting all travel across the bridge for more than four hours. While the bridge reopened to all modes of traffic after local...
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Transport shutdown plans- this is what we know
The Department of Transport in the Province has called on scholar transport operators to revisit their plans for a total shutdown on Thursday as their actions will be illegal. Provincial Traffic Spokesperson Unathi Bingqose says such actions will infringe on people's right to movement and hurt learners and workers, not to mention those who depend on transport to collect their social grants.
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Judge the Mayoral candidates on their transport policies
Take it from a company that drives on London’s roads every day – lack of EV charging infrastructure and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods are standing in the way of cleaner transport, says Addison Lee CEO Liam Griffin Operating in the capital for 50 years, we’ve seen many a Mayor come and go. Each of them has []