Bus shelter built using soda bottles
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Local architects won a contest based on their design of an art bus shelter made of Ale 8 One soda bottles. LexTran will supply the base and maintain the shelter. For the full story, click here.
METRO Briefs
Bus shelter built using soda bottles. Light rail station promised to open on time. Judge rejects MBTA injunction request.
August 20, 2008
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Light rail station promised to open on time
SEATTLE — Sound Transit is planning to finish a light rail station at the Seattle-Tacoma airport by late December, but a federal oversight report estimates that the station will be delayed until 2010. For the full story, click here.
Judge rejects MBTA injunction request
BOSTON — A U.S. district judge has dissolved the gag order on three M.I.T. students, who planned to present information about security discrepancies in the MBTA security system, despite MBTA’s request for a five-month injunction. For the full story, click here.
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