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Transportation

Slow down! As deaths and injuries mount, new calls for technology to reduce speeding

Slow down! As deaths and injuries mount, new calls for technology to reduce speeding

Safety advocates want all cars to come with technology that can tell drivers when they're speeding — or even force them to slow down. But the auto industry is not rushing to embrace it.
by Joel Rose

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Metro Transit rolls out tougher fare enforcement, rider code of conduct

Metro Transit rolls out tougher fare enforcement, rider code of conduct

Starting Monday, Metro Transit will begin tougher fare enforcement. Community Service Officers will begin asking riders for their fares. Those who haven’t paid will be issued a citation.
by Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Metro Transit starts new fare enforcement program in Twin Cities

Metro Transit starts new fare enforcement program in Twin Cities

As of Monday, riders on the buses and light rail trains in the Twin Cities will start seeing community service officers enforce fares — and issue administrative citations to riders who didn’t purchase a ticket.
by Nicole Ki

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Small plane lands on Twin Cities highway, collides with vehicle

Small plane lands on Twin Cities highway, collides with vehicle

Minnesota Department of Transportation traffic cams showed the single-engine Piper PA-28 intact and resting upright against a vehicle in the southbound lanes of Bottineau Boulevard, just north of Interstate 94 in Brooklyn Park around 11 a.m. Tuesday.
by MPR News Staff

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20 years ago, the supersonic passenger jet Concorde flew for the last time

20 years ago, the supersonic passenger jet Concorde flew for the last time

Concorde crossed the Atlantic at twice the speed of sound, cutting travel time in half compared to a conventional passenger plane. The groundbreaking jet made its final flight on Nov. 26, 2003.
by Jack Mitchell

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