METRO Briefs

NJ TRANSIT taps new chief of rail operations

Raymond P. Kenny has nearly 50 years of railroad industry experience, including as former acting president of the MTA LIRR.

NYCT rolls out ‘new technology’ cars

Features include computer-monitored throttles and speedometers for better control and smoother ride and an onboard, computerized diagnostic system that allows quicker repair when a failure does occur.

After Hurricane, transit still suspended, working to restore service

All agencies, including N.Y. MTA, NJ Transit, SEPTA, MBTA and Maryland MTA, are working to restore service as quickly as possible, but forecast delays, and some have suspended services for the rest of the day.

Union calls for change to MTA's Baltimore bus plan

"The People's Alternative to BaltimoreLink" would cost $287 million and includes a BRT system along 14 miles of streets and additional stops along busy routes.

L.A. must buy 145 buses to relieve overcrowding

It will cost the MTA nearly $40 million to purchase the buses by the end of 2005, and another $40 million a year to operate them.

LAMTA Bus Hijacking Kills One, Injures Seven

One person was killed and seven were injured on Wednesday when a shooting suspect hijacked a Los Angeles MTA bus and led police on a two-mile chase through rush hour traffic in downtown L.A.

Controversial busway project approved in L.A.

L.A.'s transit agency voted 8-3 to move forward with a 14-mile busway plan that has been assailed as potentially disruptive.

Local circulator, college shuttles fill in Md. transit gaps

Although taxpayers are contributing to both the state, city bus systems, officials say they had to create more routes and reliable service than the MTA was providing.