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NewsJune 9, 2021

Metrolink Launches Multi-Platform Rail Safety Ad Campaign

The advertising is complemented with community outreach and direct intervention resources through a partnership with the Didi Hirsch Suicide Prevention Center.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 19, 2020

BART Police Chief Outlines His Vision for Safety

Chief of Police Ed Alvarez shared promising new crime data showing his new strategies are already paying off.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 13, 2020

FTA makes $9M available to improve rail transit, bus operator safety

Includes $7.3 million for new tech/designs for rail transit safety; and $2 million for projects that redesign transit bus operator compartment.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 17, 2020

BART to Launch Ambassador Program on Trains for Safety & Security

Uniformed personnel will be equipped with radios to report safety and security concerns or biohazards.

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Newsby StaffDecember 23, 2019

BART recognizes rider's heroic actions during fatal November attack

Humphrey got out of her wheelchair, guided herself to the floor, slid to the victim and applied pressure to a wound on his neck.

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Transit Dispatchesby Amir LevintalNovember 19, 2019

'Flight shaming' movement shines spotlight on rail cybersecurity

A growing focus on train travel comes exactly as railways become increasingly modernized by adopting connected technologies.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 24, 2019

NY MTA to co-host bidding event to solicit rail signaling technologies

The MTA also announced the creation of the University Partnership for Adaptive Technologies & Mass Transit Innovation.

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Newsby StaffAugust 21, 2019

NCTD rail signs on for fed confidential close reporting system

Rail personnel can submit reports when involved in or observe an incident or situation in which railroad safety might be compromised.

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Transit Dispatchesby Amir LevintalAugust 14, 2019

Why Cybersecurity Is So Essential to the Future of Transportation

The more our train and subway systems are connected, the greater the number of ways hackers have to penetrate them in order to wreak their unique brand of havoc.

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Newsby StaffJune 5, 2019

Amtrak promotes rail crossing, track safety tips ahead of summer

A train traveling at 55 miles per hour can take approximately one mile, or the length of about 18 football fields to stop.

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