Mass Transit

Train, Bus Security Top Govt Agenda in Mumbai

The vulnerability of the city's public transport system has been repeatedly exposed by terrorists who have blown up buses, taxis and trains. Security , beefed up after every attack , has still proved vastly inadequate.

News • May 17th, 2011

T Police Arrest Pair In Subway Purse Snatching

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority police said they arrested a man and a woman after an attempted purse snatching on the Blue Line late Thursday night.

News • May 16th, 2011

CATS Struggles To Offer Enough Rides To Disabled

More people with disabilities need rides, but mass transit leaders are having a hard time keeping up.

News • May 16th, 2011

Honolulu Transit Case Assigned To Mainland Judge

California-based federal Judge Wallace Tashima was assigned Friday to hear the lawsuit challenging Honolulu's rail transit system.

News • May 16th, 2011

TriMet Fires Bus Driver Accused Of Sex Abuse

A spokeswoman for the transit agency says Christopher Parker was fired for "violating the continuity of service provision of the Working Wage Agreement."

News • May 16th, 2011

Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Train Timetable Decided

The Beijing-Shanghai high-speed train operational timetable has been decided but it remains unclear whether luxury seats will be removed from trains on the route, according to a Ministry of Railways official.

News • May 16th, 2011

Fiery Collision Metra Passengers Share Details of Crash that Killed Truck Driver in Mt. Prospect

A truck driver was killed and 26 train passengers taken to hospitals after a concrete truck that drove around a railroad crossing gate was hit by an inbound train in Mount Prospect Friday morning.

News • May 16th, 2011

Six Killed, 22 Injured as Train Hits Marriage Party Bus in India

At least six members of a marriage party were killed and 22 others injured when a passenger train hit a mini bus at an unmanned railway crossing in Bihar's Bhojpur district tonight.

News • May 16th, 2011

High-Speed Rail Funding on Track for New York

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday announced New York was awarded a total of $354.4 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation for three high-speed rail projects.

News • May 16th, 2011

Van, AC Transit Bus Collide - Six Go to Hospital

Six people were injured when a van ran a red light at an Oakland intersection and was struck by an AC Transit bus, a transit spokesman said.

News • May 13th, 2011

Pagano Fallout Costs Metra

The cost of former Metra Executive Director Phil Pagano's dipping into forbidden funds and the related cleanup comes to about $3 million and counting.

News • May 13th, 2011

DC Metro Aggravated Assaults on the Rise

The number of aggravated assaults throughout the Metro system continues to increase, agency police Chief Michael Taborn said Thursday.

News • May 13th, 2011

Glasgow Subway Train Seat has 125 Times More Bacteria than Toilet Seat

The upholstered subway seats are the dirtiest part of Glasgow s trains, carrying twice the bacteria of the poles and more than six times that of the handrails.

News • May 13th, 2011

Transit Operations up for Bid - Federal Rules Require Competition

For the past 30 years, Abilene's transit program has been managed by Fort Worth-based McDonald Transit Associates.

News • May 13th, 2011

Purchase of Low-Floor Buses Marks a First for NJ Transit

The NJ TRANSIT Board of Directors took action today to introduce the State to its very first low-floor buses, approving the purchase of 39 buses featuring the customer-friendly, low-floor design that will enable the agency to better serve bus routes...

News • May 13th, 2011

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