Posted by Linda H on 8:43:00 AM
DETROIT — The federal government committed $25 million Friday Jan 18th to
build a streetcar line through the heart of Detroit, putting in place
the last piece of a plan bringing light rail to one of the few urban
centers still without it.
The rest of the $140 million tab for the 3.3-mile streetcar line
along Woodward Avenue will be funded by a public-private partnership
with sizable donations coming from companies whose workers are commuting
from revitalized neighborhoods to offices downtown. It remains unclear,
however, whether the cash-strapped city will ever be able to extend the
line into the poorest neighborhoods where better mass transportation is
desperately needed.
Leaders have long said public transportation must improve
for Detroit to grow. Light rail along Woodward, the primary business and
commercial corridor, has been discussed for years, but hasn't been a
priority in a city struggling with debt, violence and population loss.
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Posted by Linda H on 8:41:00 AM
Posted by Linda H on 7:36:00 AM
“A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.”
~Unknown~
Posted by Linda H on 5:30:00 AM
The federal government wants to create super WiFi networks across the nation, so powerful and broad in reach that consumers could use them to make calls or surf the Internet without paying a cellphone bill every month.
The airwaves that FCC officials want to hand over to the public would be much more powerful than existing WiFi networks that have become common in households. They could penetrate thick concrete walls and travel over hills and around trees. If all goes as planned, free access to the Web would be available in just about every metropolitan area and in many rural areas.
The new WiFi networks would also have much farther reach, allowing for a driverless car to communicate with another vehicle a mile away or a patient’s heart monitor to connect to a hospital on the other side of town.
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