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  • Demonstrators planning to protest on Dan Ryan Saturday

    08/13/2020 12:10:28 PM PDT · by libstripper · 25 replies
    WGN9 (Chicago, IL) ^ | Aug. 13, 2020 | WGN Web Cesk
    CHICAGO — Demonstrators are planning to shut down the Dan Ryan Expressway on Saturday to protest police brutality. Organizers have been meeting with law enforcement for weeks to coordinate the march. The demonstration will start at 12 p.m. Saturday at Robert Taylor Park, near 47th and Federal, before heading north on the Dan Ryan. In an interview with WGN News on Wednesday, FOP President John Catanzara said he wants federal help to prosecute anyone who steps on the expressway. State police say they will protect the rights of those seeking to peacefully protest while ensuring the safety of the public,...
  • Delhi-Mumbai Super Expressway to enable commuters to travel to and fro in 12 hours

    04/29/2018 1:54:17 AM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 21 replies
    HappyTrips (Times of India) ^ | April 24, 2018 | Resham Sengar
    Good news for travellers, the road distance between Delhi and Mumbai take very less time, thanks to the new project announced by the Central Government. Reportedly, the Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry is gearing up to build a super expressway to connect the two major cities of India, which would allow commuters to finish the 1,400 km long journey within 12 hours! According to news reports, the project will be wrapped up in 4 phases. Meanwhile, work has started on the first and last stretches of the expressway, i.e., between Delhi and Jaipur as well as Vadodara and...
  • Pennsylvania woman steers car with her feet while texting

    08/12/2016 5:29:09 AM PDT · by JoeProBono · 50 replies
    upi ^ | Aug. 11, 2016 | Ben Hooper
    CENTER CITY, Pa., A couple traveling on a stretch of Pennsylvania freeway captured video of a woman steering her car with her feet while using both hands to text. Sarah and Shawn Delong captured video of the woman using her feet to steady the steering wheel while traveling on the Schuylkill Expressway in Center City. "Someone is going to get killed, that's why I was so mad. You see people on their phones all the time, but that took the cake," Sarah Delong told WPVI-TV. "For a good 20 minutes we were in her vicinity whether it was beside her...
  • Man, 83, Lands Plane on Expressway Calls it "a perfect landing"

    06/23/2009 6:12:08 AM PDT · by Texas Fossil · 18 replies · 1,079+ views
    Miami News ^ | Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | CARLOS MILLER
    An 83-year-old pilot was forced to land on a busy expressway Sunday morning after experiencing engine trouble. Enlarge Photo The homemade single-engine Hummelbird plane ended up on the side of the road after its wing clipped a light pole upon landing on a South Florida expressway. Top News Photos View Slideshow See amazing photos from around the globe... Ralph Squeglia, who has been flying since 1944, said he was careful to avoid moving cars as he landed the plane on a stretch of the Sawgrass Expressway, just north of Oakland Park Blvd.
  • A Narrow Escape from Continuous Bump on Chinese frozen expressway

    02/02/2008 3:58:16 PM PST · by badguy2200 · 58+ views
    www.tianya.cn ^ | 2nd,Feb | colorwolf
    John McCain says he does not listen to Rush Limbaugh and does not expect his endorsement. But here is McCain's quote of the day that probably won't endear him to many conservatives: "I don't listen to him [Rush] very much. There's a certain trace of masochism in my family, but not that deep."
  • Revised 'Super Slab' proposal outlined(Toll Road-Colorado Corridor)

    08/29/2006 8:04:14 PM PDT · by Marius3188 · 9 replies · 1,311+ views
    The Denver Business Journal ^ | 28 Aug 2006 | The Denver Business Journal
    Super Slab, the proposed 210-mile long road curving through Colorado's eastern plains from Fort Collins to Pueblo, has been reborn as the $2.5 billion "Prairie Falcon Parkway Express." The Front Range Toll Road Ltd., doing business as the Prairie Falcon Parkway Express Company, announced Monday it has filed a new corridor plan with the Colorado Secretary of State's office. The company is sending official notices via certified mail to owners of property along the project's path, said spokesman Jason Hopfer. About 4,000 notices were mailed, although the company figures there's only about 2,000 individual property owners -- some owning more...