"Dire" NY MTA finances may mean another fare hike

2010-02-25T06:00:12Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - The financial problems confronting New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority are so "dire" that straphangers might be hit with a fare hike this year, one year sooner than planned.</p><p>Las Vegas Monorail goes through bankruptcy proceedings, its proponents are touting possible futures for it.</p><p>Their hopes are tied to the Regional Transportation Commission and extending the monorail to McCarran International Airport.<...

2 workers killed in latest DC-area track accident

2010-02-22T14:50:14Z

<div id="subtitle">2 workers for Metro rail line hit, killed on DC-area track in latest in string of fatalities</div><div><p>Two veteran workers on the Washington area's transit system were crushed by a maintenance truck Tuesday, the latest in a string of fatalities that has made Metro the most deadly for U.S. transit rail...

Ridership slump costs New York transit authority $100 million

2010-02-22T20:17:08Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority carried 75 million fewer riders in the first 10 months of 2009 as employers cut jobs, costing the agency over $100 million of revenue, a report said Thursday.</p&g...

LaHood rescinds Bush transit spending restrictions

2010-02-22T20:57:18Z

<div id="subtitle">LaHood rescinds Bush transit spending restrictions, more projects eligible for funds</div><div><p>Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Wednesday rescinded Bush administration restrictions on federal transit grants so that a wider range of projects will be eligible and local transit systems will receive money faster.</p><p>LaHood told a confe...

Chicago transit barred from banning video game ads

2010-02-22T23:17:37Z

<div id="subtitle">Judge bars Chicago mass transit system from banning ads for video games with graphic violence</div><div><p>A federal judge has barred Chicago's mass transit system from banning ads for video games that contain graphic violence, saying the measure is "overboard, ineffectual and not narrowly tailored."</p><p>Judge

NYC schoolkids a step closer to losing free rides

2010-02-23T15:14:16Z

<div id="subtitle">NYC transit agency puts pupils a step closer to losing free rides to public schools</div><div><p>The board of the nation's largest transit agency reluctantly approved a 2010 budget Wednesday that would cut bus and subway service and leave New York City children without free rides to public schools.</p><p>Several members of the New York City children without free rides to their public schools.</p><p>But several

Philly transit union ratifies labor pact

2010-02-24T02:32:48Z

<div id="subtitle">Philly transit union ratifies labor pact that was reached following strike</div><div><p>A labor agreement for Philadelphia transit workers has been ratified overwhelmingly by union members.</p><p>Transport Workers Union Local 234 spokesman <...

NYC's cash-poor MTA needs shake-up, new chief says

2010-02-24T03:47:25Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's cash-poor Metropolitan Transportation Authority needs a top-to-bottom shake-up and must restore its credibility with the deficit-stricken state government before it can expect any more dollars, the agency's new c...

Woman on Tracks

2009-11-10T06:45:40Z

In this image made from a Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 surveillance video provided by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, an unidentified woman stumbles before falling onto the subway tracks at Boston's North Station. The woman suffered some scrapes and was taken to a hospital for evaluation. She told authorities she had been drinking...

Philly commuters relieved but angry as strike ends

2010-02-24T08:05:55Z

<div id="subtitle">Philly commuters relieved but angry over workers' walkout as public transit strike ends</div><div><p>Life began returning to normal Monday for commuters who spent the previous work week frazzled from a public transit strike, and many expressed relief that buses and trains were running again but remained angry about the transit workers' walkout.</p><p>"Regular working people, poor people, that's...

Philadelphia transit strike ends after labor deal

2010-02-24T08:05:13Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Philadelphia transit workers reached a deal early on Monday to end a strike that shut down bus, subway and trolley service in America's sixth most populous city for almost a week, officials said.</p><p>"The strike is over. Service wi...

Philadelphia Transit Strike

2009-11-04T05:45:53Z

Tili Ayala who was unable to get to work do to the transit strike sits at the Frankford Transportation Center in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. The Philadelphia transit system's largest union went on strike early Tuesday, bringing the city's bus, subway and trolley operations to a halt a day...

Buses, subways halted by Philly transit strike

2010-02-24T10:35:08Z

<div><p>The Philadelphia transit system's largest union went on strike early Tuesday, stalling the city's bus, subway and trolley operations a day after the World Series shifted to New York and forcing thousands of commuters to find other ways to get to work.</p><p>The sudden strike by Frank Brinkman, a section officer for TWU Local 234, places an American flag on a pole as transport workers picket at a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) station in Upper Darby, Pa. just outside PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Bus, subway and trolley service in Philadelphia halted on Tuesday as transit workers went on strike over wages, pensions and health benefits.</p><p>Talks between the Reuters) - New York state has starved both its downstate and upstate regions of transportation dollars to the extent that one-fourth of the suburban and rural buses are too old to be on the roads, a study said on Monday.</p><p>Federal rules say the average age of a bus fleet should not be more than six years. B...

Los Angeles County's rail car contract falls apart

2010-02-24T11:09:32Z

<div id="subtitle">MTA's rail car contract falls apart, costing Los Angeles a factory and hundreds of jobs</div><div><p>A deal to build 100 rail cars for Los Angeles County's transit system has fallen through, costing the region an estimated $368 million in economic activity and hundreds of jobs.</p>&lt...

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