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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

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6. Not a blanket license for each carrier?

Thu Nov 19, 2015, 04:46 PM

Nov 2015

That is, BNSF's license covers 24,400 transmitters. UP's license covers 22,300 transmitters. Etc.

I made up the numbers.

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