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The $200 million system is on an accelerated pace per a $20.9 million grant from the California DOT.
Read More →Through the use of television PSAs, advertisements on RTA vehicles, brochures, flyers and social media, the safety campaign grabs the viewer's attention with creative and direct messaging encouraging citizens to "think again" so that they avoid dangers while near a streetcar line.
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Under the proposed ordinance, a person caught talking or texting on a cellphone, listening to a portable music device, reading and even attending to personal hygiene or grooming, could be fined by UTA police.
Read More →Expects by the end of 2012 to more than triple the number of track-miles on its own railroad where PTC safety technology is installed as part of a program begun more than two years ago.
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Opening to the public in April will be the segment from downtown Los Angeles to the Expo/La Cienega Station. Construction work continues on the Culver City station, which is expected to open later this summer.
Read More →Part of an effort by CEO to improve the safety of regional transportation and restore system's reputation in the wake of the deadly Chatsworth crash in September 2008 that killed 25 people and injured more than 130.
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Redeployed its 140 police and fare enforcement officers so it has a uniformed presence on every train.
Read More →Will provide a permanent communications-based train control test track facility for Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit.
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Says sustained public education efforts, engineering improvements and law enforcement programs have contributed to nationwide reduction.
Read More →Canada's TSB said there are no safety defenses to prevent trains from changing tracks at a high rate of speed and that the country is falling behind others around the world, including the U.S., in stepping up safety.
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