Free wi-fi at some London Underground stations is to continue for the rest of the year.
It said that patrols had been increased at 770 sites, including at embassies and key underground stations.
Adverts encouraging people to invest in east Kent are appearing on London buses and at underground stations.
Another 20 London Underground stations have come online thanks to Virgin Media's WiFi service on London Underground.
London Underground and Virgin Media have named the first London Underground stations that will be WiFi enabled for free this summer.
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Tube and bus passengers have been warned to expect disruption over the next two months as two of the busiest underground stations are being rebuilt.
Lively street scenes followed, including the busy entrances to underground stations.
Merseyrail said the next stage of its improvements to underground stations will start on 3 September, when platform one at James Street will close until January 2013.
The young inventor envisages PaveGen systems being used to power off-grid appliances such as public lighting, illuminated street maps and advertising, and to be installed in areas of dense human traffic such as city centers, underground stations and school corridors.
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The band won their first recording contract in 1967 and travelled to America a year later following success on underground radio stations.
Ron Morano, a spokesman for Jersey Central Power and Light, where essentially all of its 1.1 million customers lost power, said the company was looking at ideas that include putting some sub stations underground and more aggressive tree-trimming.
In some areas of Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens, some sub stations will be placed underground.
Carbon sequestration, which offers the possibility of capturing carbon produced by dirty power stations and storing it underground, is a prime candidate.
The London Underground plays classical music in some stations to create a more crime-free environment, says a spokeswoman for transport for London.
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Train stations deep indoors and underground rarely make for the best places to hit up a smartphone for data, yet they're where a lot of Tokyo residents have to spend their time.
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On coal, the new government has promised to continue existing support for four new "clean-coal" power stations, which bury carbon dioxide underground.
As transport patterns changed over the past century, the underground network waxed and waned, with new stations opening and others closing to match demand.
Without "Nevermind, " commercial radio stations probably may not have played the singles from underground veterans like Butthole Surfers or Cobain's heroes the Meat Puppets.
Coal stations would be permitted if their emissions could be sequestered underground.
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While the London Underground has been made more accessible in recent years (more than 60 stations out of 270 are now step-less between the street and the platforms), many Tube stations still present challenges for the disabled due to gaps between the platform and the carriage door.
The 74-mile route (118.5km) will be underground for 26 miles (41.5km) and allow for stops at 38 stations.
Underground storage of the captured carbon would be regulated in the same way that carbon dioxide sequestered from power stations might be again, for the most part, a local matter.
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