Engineers and outside experts continued Monday to search for the issues that are causing train-damaging power spikes on the rails between the stations, but came up empty.
The new portal is part of the agency’s ongoing campaign to reduce fatalities at railroad crossings and tracks to zero by building partnerships that increase education, step up enforcement and leverage engineering.
Darius McCollum, who's been arrested 30 times for transit-related crimes, told AP that his uncontrollable obsession with buses and trains is because of an autism-spectrum disorder and he needs help.
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New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's If You See Something, Say Something campaign.
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New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's re-launched “If you see something, say something” public safety campaign features videos of MTA customers who describe the scenarios they experienced that prompted them to report suspicious packages or activities. In the videos, MTA customers also offer some thoughts about why they took action, and how it made them feel. Published on Mar 21, 2016
The campaign, which adds a new slogan for the first time, “New Yorkers Keep New York Safe,” features MTA customers who describe the scenarios they experienced that prompted them to report suspicious packages or activities.
The issue that closed the Pittsburg-Bay Point station began Wednesday when 50 cars had to be taken out of service after they were hit with a power spike as they moved through a track crossover.
A 30-year transportation professional who has worked in both the public and private sectors, Margaret O’Meara, who is based in Boston, is client services leader for WSP | PB's Northeast Region.
Wynton Habersham, a 33-year MTA New York City Transit veteran, has been tapped to take over the leaderhip of the Department of Subways during a period when ridership stands at record levels and system rebuilding and modernization projects are at the forefront of driving the agency into the 21st century.
The single-person, motorized transportation devices’ batteries are reported to randomly catch fire, or even explode.
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A look inside at a safety inspection of power cables in a Metrorail tunnel.
The damage at three locations was so severe that those parts of the track were "showstoppers," where "we would not be running trains if we came upon these conditions," said Metro GM Paul Wiedefeld at a press conference.
The unprecedented action follows the early Monday morning electrical fire involving a cable in the tunnel outside McPherson Square Station.
This is a gateway to a car-lite lifestyle, with users owning fewer cars in a household, researchers say.
The one-year extension from January 2017 to January 2018 will allow FMCSA a sufficient opportunity to review and, where appropriate, make adjustments due to a number of petitions for reconsideration.
Station agents are now assisting riders outside of station booths by helping customers wherever they are located, answering questions and providing directional support, and more.
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