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Record #:
11590
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The nine Republican and Democrat candidates for Governor present their views on state transportation policy. The Democrat candidates are Andy Barker, Jim Hunt, Ed O'Herron, Tom Strickland, and George Wood. Republican candidates are Jake Alexander, Dave Flaherty, Wallace McCall and Coy Privette.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 34 Issue 7, July 1976, p20-21, 23-24, 88, por
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Record #:
15798
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Until recently, the taxicab has been largely ignored by transportation planners as an important mode of urban public transportation. But studies show that taxicabs have produced more revenue for and provide better services for urban public transportation than bus and rail operations.
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Carolina Planning (NoCar HT 393 N8 C29x), Vol. 2 Issue 1, Winter 1976, p9-15, f
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Record #:
10986
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When We the People of North Carolina magazine interviewed Lauch Faircloth, Chairman of the State Highway Commission, in July 1969, he had been in office less than six months. In this interview, Faircloth discusses current policies, accomplishments, and plans for the future.
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Record #:
10900
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We the People of North Carolina magazine interviews Lauch Faircloth, Chairman of the State Highway Commission, on the status of the state's highway system.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 27 Issue 7, July 1969, p42-43, 100, por
Record #:
21178
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During the colonial period, eastern North Carolina possessed an inadequate and underdeveloped system of roads. To better road conditions, the colony tried appointing road commissioners, building bridges at public expense and putting up signposts and mile markers. Though they tried to improve the road network, the failure to enforce laws, the physical obstacles of the state's geography and shortages in the labor pool kept road conditions poor.
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Record #:
13439
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Although not known as a railroad center, North Carolina has a great profusion of short-line railroads. With slightly over twenty short-lines running, North Carolina can justly claim the title, \"Land of the Little Railroads.\" Primarily owned by small companies, these railroads operate under their own names, independently of any major system.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 29 Issue 5, Aug 1961, p9-11, il
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Record #:
22329
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Various policies and types of state aid were used to create and repair the transportation networks in early North Carolina.
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