• Transportation in North America is performed through a varied transportation system, whose quality ranges from being on par with a high-quality European...
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    successful in this regard. The second "second-generation" streetcar system opened in North America was in 2007, in Seattle, where the city's transportation department...
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    This is a list of the earliest railroads in North America, including various railroad-like precursors to the general modern form of a company or government...
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    After the termination of transportation to North America, British prisons became overcrowded, and dilapidated ships moored in various ports were pressed...
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    North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic...
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    commonly used mode of public transit in North America. The term light rail was coined in 1972 by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA; the precursor...
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    of Veolia Transportation in North America and Israel, Veolia Transport, Veolia Verkehr in Germany and with the former name Connex preserved in Lebanon,...
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  • The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) is a nonprofit group of approximately 1,500 public and private sector member organizations that promotes...
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    the North American rail infrastructure. Railinc delivers approximately nine million messages each day over its EDI network, including transportation waybills...
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    The vast majority of North American railroads are standard gauge (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in / 1,435 mm). Exceptions include some streetcar, subway and rapid transit...
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    Commuter rail services in the United States, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, and Costa Rica provide common carrier passenger transportation along railway tracks...
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    Geology of North America List of mountain peaks of North America List of rivers of the Americas by coastline Transportation in North America "Geographic...
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  • the most popular mode of transportation in North America; as a result, air pirates thrive in the world of Crimson Skies. In describing the concept of...
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    The North American Transportation Statistics Interchange, established in 1991, is a trilateral forum of government officials from transportation and statistical...
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  • The North American Car, Utility and Truck of the Year are a set of automotive awards announced at a news conference each January at the North American International...
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  • Transportation in Atlanta Transportation in Boston Transportation in Buffalo, New York Transportation in Charlotte, North Carolina Transportation in Chicago...
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    (210 mm). North American signals use a standard set of colors, defined in October 1905, and which became common to other modes of transportation as shown...
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    Reporting mark (category Rail transportation in North America)
    or operator of the equipment, similar to IATA airline designators. In North America, the mark, which consists of an alphabetic code of two to four letters...
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    colonies in the Americas was established in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. Colonies were established in North America, Central America, South America, and the...
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  • industry centered on the Great Lakes of North America. The holding company was acquired by Canadian National Railway in 2004.[citation needed] Its companies...
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    basin in Mexico. The Missouri River is the longest river in North America and the United States (2,341 mi (3,767 km)). The second longest river in North America...
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    of North America. Surface transportation networks and public ways within the city are the responsibility of the Chicago Department of Transportation. Mass...
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    territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the...
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    largest public transit authority in North America, serving 12 counties in Downstate New York, along with two counties in southwestern Connecticut under...
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  • third-largest school bus transportation services provider in North America, with over 11,500 vehicles that transport students in more than 225 school districts...
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    Chicago and North Western Holdings Corporation and the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company. In May 1994, the Chicago and North Western Transportation...
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    Enel North America is an American company headquartered in Andover, MA, United States. One of the renewable energy operators in North America, it was formed...
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    been a major component of American culture, particularly since the 1950s. The United States Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration...
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  • North American RailNet, Inc., based in Bedford, Texas, was a holding company of short line railroads. It formerly owned the following: "STB Finance Docket...
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    North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and some Caribbean islands. In parts...
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