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Newsby StaffAugust 7, 2018

NTSB finds city, freight operator to blame for fatal motorcoach crash

Cause of 2017’s collision was a failure to properly communicate that vehicles get stuck on the tracks.

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Newsby StaffJuly 11, 2018

Engineer in deadly Amtrak crash had no experience on new locomotive

The Dec.18, 2017 derailment of Amtrak train #501 killed three people and injured 62.

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Newsby StaffMay 25, 2018

NTSB releases preliminary report on fatal Uber self-driving car crash

After crash in March, Uber has also shuttered its self-driving vehicle testing in Arizona.

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Don’t Let Sleepiness Derail Your Health & Safety

A recent CDC analysis found that the jobs with the highest rates of short sleep duration were communications equipment operators (58.2%), other transportation workers (54.0%) and rail transportation workers (52.7%).

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Newsby StaffApril 12, 2018

ABA, UMA first joint Congressional 'Fly-in' a success

Overall, 116 members from both organizations met with more than 150 congressional offices.

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Safety Cornerby Joe BalasFebruary 13, 2018

Danger Ahead: Sleep Loss, Safety, and You

Sleep loss leading to human fatigue is a serious issue affecting the safety of the traveling public in all modes of transportation. Simply defined, sleep loss is an inability to receive a proper amount and quality of sleep on a regular basis.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 7, 2018

Severe obstructive sleep apnea to blame for NJ Transit, LIRR train crashes

The NTSB also determined that these safety issues were not unique to these two properties, but exist throughout the country at many intercity passenger and commuter passenger train terminals.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 5, 2018

Miami-bound Amtrak train collides with freight train, killing two

Amtrak train 91 should have been on the main line, but it was directed to tracks just east of it, where a CSX train was parked.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 31, 2018

Train carrying GOP Congress members hits garbage truck, one dead

The chartered train was carrying lawmakers to a retreat in West Virginia.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2018

Wash. Amtrak engineer missed signs before deadly derailment

Investigators interviewed the engineer and the qualifying conductor, who were in the lead locomotive during the accident trip.

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