The growth in automobile sales, airline and bus travel, subsidized highways, civil unrest in ’67 and ’68, and white flight to the suburbs all took a toll on national and local rail demand.
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Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
Each winter, ice highways emerge, making remote villages accessible.
The Capitol Police have stepped up security for the event, closing roads and increasing patrols around the Capitol grounds.
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Kate Selig,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
Crews are working to clear snow and ice from roads after blizzard conditions Sunday brought 8-12 inches of snow in various parts of the metro, according to the National Weather Service in Kansas City.
In Overland Park, crews are in the process of spreading salt on residential streets as of Friday afternoon, and will move to salting main thoroughfares on Saturday before the rain starts.
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Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
3 Jan. 2025
Officials do not block Canal, one of the city's most-trafficked thoroughfares.
The road is primarily made of gravel and includes switchbacks and a speed limit of just 15 mph.
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Alison Fox,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Oct. 2024
Near the Tennessee state line, crews were finally starting to reach side roads after clearing the main roads winding through switchbacks, but that brought a new set of challenges.
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