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[hrbran99 at adelphia.net]

Links worked fine for me. Usually I am the one who cannot get the links to work. Also the link to his email worked fine. I asked to be included on his list.
HrB

---- Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net> wrote: 
> Unfortunately, most of the URL's I attached were trucated and failed  
> to work right.   If someone wants it, let me send you Peter's e-mail  
> directly.
> On May 3, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Fred Schneider wrote:
> 
> > If any of you like to keep up on what is going on in the transit
> > industry from day to day, I would recommend you send an e-mail to
> > Peter Folger at <transitman at gwi.net> and ask to be kindly included on
> > his distribution list of newspaper URLs that he sends out every few
> > days.   Reproduced below are just a few examples of perhaps 30 or 40
> > that were on todays mailing from Peter.  I don't know where he gets
> > the time to read newspapers from all over the country but, as far as
> > I;m concerned, he provides an incredibly valuable free service
> > keeping me up to date on what;s happening out there generally within
> > 24 hours after it takes place.   He has even sent out railfan
> > obituaries in time for me to make the funeral!
> >
> > The first URL below is an editorial from Toronto on using streetcars
> > as a traffic calming device.   The next is from Excelsior, Minnesota
> > on the charming 19th century single truck museum car that the
> > Minnesota Trolley Museum runs.  The third URL is a classic example of
> > NIMBYs at work ... we want the trams but build the carbarn in someone
> > else's back yard ... that URL comes from London, England.   The
> > fourth URL relates to light rail construction in Phoenix AZ.   The
> > next one is from the Pittsburgh Tribune Review ... gee whiz guys,
> > we're going to put off a fare increase as long as we can.    And the
> > final one comes from St. Louis ... all about jammed buses because of
> > high gas prices.
> >
> > Today's list also includes a piece from Salt Lake City on expanding
> > Trax, a proposal on bringing trolleys back to Allentown PA (are we
> > kidding?), a proposal for trolleys on Charles Street in Baltimore,
> >
> > If any of you want to see all of Peter's list from today, send me an
> > e-mail and I'll forward it.
> >
> > But if you're into what's going on today, I would strongly suggest
> > you get to know Peter.   Send him an e-mail and ask to be added to
> > his list.   He is, by the way, a long time member of Seashore.
> >
> >
> >
> > http://ttcrider.ca/announcetips.php
> >
> > http://www.startribune.com/106/story/404823.html
> >
> > http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0300southwark/
> > tm_objectid=17019829&method=full&siteid=50100&headline=-we-want-
> > trams--but-not-the-depot-too--name_page.html
> >
> > http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2006/05/01/focus1.html?
> > t=printable
> >
> > http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/
> > s_449875.html
> >
> > http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/
> > story/E8067982F318E771862571630014E48A?OpenDocument
> >
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