transit
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Developers may build housing up to nine stories tall for buildings adjacent to certain transit stops, seven stories for buildings within a quarter-mile and six stories for buildings within a half-mile.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Major investments range from security and stadium upgrades to transit improvements and marketing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
New York's official emergency notification system did not describe the incident but said people should avoid the area and "expect traffic delays, road closures, mass transit disruptions & emergency personnel near Penn Station."
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The Niger desert remains a major transit corridor for migrants from across West Africa trying to reach Europe, repeatedly defying the risks associated with the perilous journey.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Chastened, they sailed on, but en route word reached them that Sumatra had fallen to the French and so they observed the transit inconclusively from the Cape of Good Hope.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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