Topic: Mass Transit Systems
APTOPIX Philadelphia Transit Strike
AP News
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 Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009. The Philadelphia transit system's largest union went on strike early ...
Philadelphia public transit workers strike over pay
Reuters US Online Report Domestic News
<div><p>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 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and Transport Workers Union Local 234 broke ...
One-fourth of NY state buses are too old
Reuters US Online Report Domestic News
<div><p>NEW YORK (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> ...
Los Angeles County's rail car contract falls apart
AP News
<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 ...
Related Videos by 5min

on OneRiot
Related Photos by Flickr