Either way, the constraints on the free transit or number of U.S. vessels permitted to operate in or near European waters is not in the interest of either the United States or its allies.

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As the number of transit passengers has grown, the number of routes served out of Heathrow has actually contracted, from about 230 to 180.

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Washington's public transit operator, the Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, increased the number of uniformed officers patrolling the system, said Metro spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein.

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If you then now reduce the vehicle traffic that is allowed across the Alps, how is that shortfall going to be made up, other than a reduction in the total number of goods that are allowed to transit?

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Mr. Dodge wants to drastically cut the number of cars sitting in lots and in transit in the U.S. by "pushing" hotter products instead of waiting for orders to "pull" them to showrooms.

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The report looked at a number of schemes in western England: Three rapid transit schemes in the Bristol area, Bath Transportation Package, Weston Package, the Greater Bristol Metro and the new M49 junction.

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Construction of a mass rapid-transit railway is due to start in 2011, but with the number of passengers expected to reach just 400, 000 a day by 2020 it will hardly ease the congestion.

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"Certainly, using the automated systems does reduce the number of staff we need, " says Katsuya Hagane, the manager in charge of operations at New Transit Yurikamome.

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