
In his current role in NYCT’s safety department, Patrick Lavin performs in-depth investigations into rail and bus accidents, including mainline rail incidents such as derailments and collisions.
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Top officials warned Wednesday that the transit system is in such need of repair that they might have to take these actions.
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Dee Leggett was most recently a senior consultant with LTK Engineering Services Inc.
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Designed to incorporate leading edge electronic payment technologies to make transit use more convenient for customers, the GlobeSherpa system will be integrated with Vix's market-leading eO account-based fare collection solution to provide DART an efficient and secure fare collection platform.
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A look inside at a safety inspection of power cables in a Metrorail tunnel.
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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.
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The unprecedented action follows the early Monday morning electrical fire involving a cable in the tunnel outside McPherson Square Station.
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Some of those actions are already underway — including increased police patrols, installing new radio systems and cell phone cabling in tunnels, changes to rail car parts inventory, and the accelerated delivery of 7000-series trains.
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The announcement responds to recent requests from app developers and is expected to generate new and better features on Metro-related mobile applications.
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No one was injured in the incident, but two Metro employees — a train operator and a rail operations controller — have been removed from duty pending the investigation.
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