http://www.masstransitmag.com MassTransitMag.com en-us Copyright 2010 Cygnus Business Media Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:06:29 -0500 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:06:29 -0500 Security News http://www.masstransitmag.com MassTransitMag.com http://www.masstransitmag.com/global/rsslogo.jpg 88 31 Security News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Washington-Metro-Red-Line-Crash-Cost-255M-in-Damage/3$10947 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Washington-Metro-Red-Line-Crash-Cost-255M-in-Damage/3$10947 Metro's deadly June 22 Red Line crash cost the transit agency $25.5 million by destroying rail cars and damaging track, according to a Metro memo. rss@masstransitmag.com (Kytja Weir) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:01:00 -0500 Security News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Washington-Metro-Interim-GM-Faces-Unsafe--Fractured-System/3$10917 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Washington-Metro-Interim-GM-Faces-Unsafe--Fractured-System/3$10917 The interim general manager poised to take over Metro will swiftly be confronted with questions about how the transit agency can be turned around after a deadly eight months. rss@masstransitmag.com (Kytja Weir) Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:03:00 -0500 Security News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Illegal-Interstate-Bus-Company-is-Ordered-to-Cease-All-Operations-Immediately/3$10896 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Illegal-Interstate-Bus-Company-is-Ordered-to-Cease-All-Operations-Immediately/3$10896 Following an emergency request by the U.S. Department of Transportations Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the United States District Court for the Central District of California on Saturday ordered the owner of Tierra Santa Inc, the illegal bus company involved in a March 5 fatal crash near Phoenix, Arizona, to immediately cease all interstate and international passenger service. rss@masstransitmag.com (States News Service) Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:43:00 -0500 Security News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Gunman-Killed-After-Shooting-Two-Pentagon-Police-Officers/3$10888 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Gunman-Killed-After-Shooting-Two-Pentagon-Police-Officers/3$10888 The gunman who shot two Pentagon police officers was heavily armed and spent weeks driving to the Capital area from the West Coast, authorities said Friday. Resentment of the U.S. government and suspicions over the 9/11 attacks have surfaced in writings by the Californian identified as the man fatally wounded in a hail of return fire. rss@masstransitmag.com (By Matt Apuzzo and Devlin Barrett) Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:47:00 -0500 Security News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/TTC-Learning-From-Phillys-Transit-Revival/3$10887 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/TTC-Learning-From-Phillys-Transit-Revival/3$10887 U.S. city offers lessons on how to turn around a system plagued with problems, rider complaints. rss@masstransitmag.com (Tess Kalinowski) Fri, 5 Mar 2010 10:49:00 -0500 Security News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/TTC-Chief-Admits-He-Misjudged-Rider-Anger/3$10836 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/TTC-Chief-Admits-He-Misjudged-Rider-Anger/3$10836 But as Gary Webster tries to restore public's faith, he says system was never in a 'crisis.' rss@masstransitmag.com (Tess Kalinowski) Tue, 2 Mar 2010 09:08:00 -0500 Security News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Arrest-Made-After-Subway-Tunnel-Chase/3$10835 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Arrest-Made-After-Subway-Tunnel-Chase/3$10835 Two Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority police officers went to an unusual place to get their man late Thursday night -- chasing him inside the subway tunnel of the Metro Rail tracks near Utica Street. rss@masstransitmag.com (By Gene Warner) Mon, 1 Mar 2010 08:46:00 -0500 Security News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Washington-Metro-Will-Upgrade-Electronics--Repair-Doors-on-Rail-Cars/3$10831 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Washington-Metro-Will-Upgrade-Electronics--Repair-Doors-on-Rail-Cars/3$10831 Metro is making two critical safety fixes to its rail cars: upgrading electronics on more cars in the fleet to prevent them from rolling backward and repairing door controls on about half the fleet so they open on the correct side of the tracks at station stops. rss@masstransitmag.com (rakshali03) Mon, 1 Mar 2010 08:36:00 -0500 Security News MassTransitMag.com: Security News http://www.masstransitmag.com/online/section.jsp?siteSection=11 http://www.masstransitmag.com rss@masstransitmag.com Tue, 1 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500