
May 4 - By Joann Loviglio, Associated Press
Four dozen Philadelphia transit agency workers who won a $172 million Powerball drawing are all still working and don't intend to change much about their lives despite becoming millionaires.
Apr 26 - By Associated Press
In an April 26 story about a group of transit workers winning a Powerball jackpot, The Associated Press erroneously attributed details about who won the lottery. Information about the winners came from a spokeswoman for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, not state lottery officials.

Apr 16 - By Joan Lowy, Associated Press
Driven by high gas prices and an uncertain economy, Americans are turning to trains and buses to get around in greater numbers than ever before. But the aging transit systems they're riding face an $80 billion maintenance backlog that jeopardizes service just when it's most in demand.

Mar 14 - By Vivian Sequera, Associated Press
Bogota's eco-friendly mass transit system has been widely emulated around the globe, so urban planners were dismayed when a protest by frustrated commuters turned into a free-for-all that nearly paralyzed Colombia's capital.
Feb 7 - By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press
Local and federal authorities offered to help secure Dallas-area bus and train stations Wednesday after a shootout left two people dead, the latest in a string of violent incidents on Dallas mass transit, an agency spokesman said.

Feb 6 - By msnbc.com
Dec 6 - By Associated Press
A transit official has admitted that subway passengers left stranded on a train for hours during last year's blizzard had been forgotten.
Dec 1 - By Paul Elias, Associated Press
The agency that oversees the San Francisco area transit system on Thursday authorized police to turn off wireless communications in train stations, but only for extraordinary threats.
Oct 30 - By Associated Press
The unusual October snowstorm that's hit the East Coast has disrupted rail service, with downed trees blocking tracks and weighing down overhead power lines.
Sep 8 - By Marcus Wohlsen, Associated Press
Several dozen protesters faced off with riot police at a downtown Bay Area Rapid Transit station Thursday in the latest demonstration against the transit agency and its police department, leading to a two-hour shutdown of the station during rush hour and as many as 30 arrests.

Aug 29 - By Paul Elias, Associated Press
The San Francisco transit commute went smoothly for the first Monday in two weeks as demonstrators — acknowledging that disruptive protests of the two previous Monday nights have angered commuters — stayed away from train platforms, where protests have been barred for safety reasons.
Aug 27 - By Associated Press
New York City transit officials say they've finished an unprecedented shutdown of the nation's biggest system of subways, buses and commuter rails ahead of Hurricane Irene.
Aug 27 - By Associated Press
Officials with Boston's commuter transit system says most of its regular weekday service will resume Monday.
Aug 26 - By Associated Press
Commuter transit systems in New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia will shut down services because of Hurricane Irene.

Aug 22 - By Paul Elias, Associated Press
Transit agency directors appeared ready Wednesday to set a policy allowing police to cut wireless phone access on San Francisco Bay area train platforms, but only in extreme public safety circumstances.

Aug 13 - By Paul Elias, Associated Press
The website for the union that represents Bay Area Rapid Transit police remained disabled Thursday after hackers launched another online attack against the transit agency.
Jul 31 - By Erika Niedowski, Associated Press
Nils Berg rides the No. 60 bus to work religiously. In summer, he takes it south from Bristol to Newport; in winter, he rides it north to Providence. Working in the state's seasonal hospitality industry, the father of two often doesn't get off work until midnight.

Jul 5 - By Bob Salsberg, Associated Press
On a chilly evening in February, a commuter train bound for Worcester, Mass., broke down outside Boston, transforming passengers' usual 80-minute commute into a four-hour nightmare.
May 13 - By Associated Press
Chattanooga ranks dead last for mass transit access of the nation's top 100 metropolitan areas, a national report shows.
May 2 - By Associated Press
Washington's Metro transit system is stepping up security as a precaution following the death of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.

May 2 - By Associated Press
Law enforcement agencies around the U.S. added security measures on Monday following Osama bin Laden's death, out of what one called "an abundance of caution."

Mar 14 - By Associated Press
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday that she's looking forward to the day when travelers won't have to shed their shoes before boarding an airplane.

Mar 8 - By Tom Breen, Associated Press
Every day, hundreds of animals are taken in trucks, vans and cars from overcrowded Southern shelters where euthanasia rates sometimes reach 70 percent to states in the North, where puppies and kittens are not as plentiful.