Mass Transit Systems

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Judge gives DC transit relief on $43M loan payment

AP News 15 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Judge grants DC's Metro transit system relief after Belgian bank demands $43 million payment</div><div><p>A federal judge has granted temporary relief to the Washington area's transit agency after a Belgian bank threatened to immediately collect $43 million on a loan.</p>< ...

Study: $50B need to fix aging rail transit systems

AP News 15 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Report: Biggest rail transit systems need $50B for modernization, $5.9B for annual maintenance</div><div><p>More than one-third of the trains, equipment and facilities of the nation's seven largest rail transit agencies are near the end of their useful life or past that point, ...

Legislature OKs $2.26B NYC transit system bailout

AP News 15 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Legislature OKs $2.26B NYC transit system bailout, limiting hikes to subway, bus, taxi fares</div><div><p>The state Legislature on Wednesday approved a $2.26 billion bailout of New York City's mass transit system, helping to limit subway and bus fare increases to only a ...

NY mass transit agency approves fare increases

AP News 16 days ago

<div id="subtitle">NY's mass transit agency raises base fare of subway ride to $2.25</div><div><p>New York's mass transit agency voted to raise fares and tolls by 10 percent Monday after the state Legislature approved a $2.26 billion bailout to avert higher fare increases and ...

Land deal reworked for NBA arena in Brooklyn

AP News 16 days ago

<div id="subtitle">NYC transit agency signs off on reworked deal for rail yard land for new NBA arena in Brooklyn</div><div><p>The New York developer trying to bring the New Jersey Nets to Brooklyn has gotten approval for a land deal he said was necessary ...

Transit bus, car collide in Calif.; 10 injured

AP News 16 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Transit bus, car collide in Southern California; 10 injured include bus passengers, bystanders</div><div><p>A fire official says 10 people were injured when a public transit bus collided with a car and rammed into obstacles on a Southern California street.</p><p>The ...

Millions ride old, vulnerable rail cars on subways

AP News 16 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Nation's subways use cars without crash standards, rely on old trains like those in accident</div><div><p>Millions of passengers in cities across the U.S. ride old subway cars like the ones that crumpled in the deadly crash in the nation's capital. The largest ...

Feds say injuries have increased on SF trains

AP News 17 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Federal data say injuries have increased on SF passenger trains in recent years</div><div><p>The passenger injury rate on light-rail trains in San Francisco has steadily increased since 2003 — a trend that seems likely to continue after a weekend crash that injured ...

2 injured women sue over Boston trolley crash

AP News 17 days ago

<div id="subtitle">2 women injured in Boston trolley crash sue driver, transit agency; driver accused of texting</div><div><p>Two women injured when a Boston subway train struck the rear of another trolley have sued the transit agency and the train operator.</p><p>A lawyer ...

Man charged with giving al Qaeda NY transit data

Reuters US Online Report Top News 17 days ago

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. man has been charged with giving al Qaeda details about the New York City transit system and the Long Island Railroad, as well as firing rockets at American troops in Afghanistan, according to court papers unsealed ...

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