Oil funded the building of major highways, the Kainji Dam, National Theatre (now the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts), and the National Stadium in the then-capital city Lagos.
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Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
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Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
24 Mar. 2026
Zacarias was the fifth cyclist killed on New York City’s streets and the 34th New Yorker killed in a traffic crash so far this year, according to the bicyclist advocacy group Transportation Alternatives.
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Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2026
Specific areas the designer often focuses on for these purposes are creating easy access to bathrooms and wide passageways between rooms.
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Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2026
The unfolding war in the Middle East has ricocheted across the region, with nearly every country sustaining damage from missile hits or shrapnel, many reporting casualties, and key embassies, economic engines and passageways closing down.
The Active Transportation Commission will provide feedback on four ongoing projects related to Fruitridge Road, one of Sacramento’s most dangerous thoroughfares; Arden Way and Auburn Boulevard; Stockton Boulevard, including bus routes along the roadway; and bike lanes on T Street.
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Madison Smalstig,
Sacbee.com,
12 Mar. 2026
Downtown, museums like The Broad sit near lively outdoor plazas, while main thoroughfares like Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice and Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles proper invite visitors to wander between boutiques, cafes, and galleries under the sun.
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Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Mar. 2026
At times, the driver fled from Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies on surface streets while heading through the Downey and Norwalk areas, as well as from California Highway Patrol officers on freeways near Inglewood.
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Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
While no freeways will be closed, some on-ramps and off-ramps will be temporarily blocked.
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