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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A transit official has admitted that subway passengers left stranded on a train for hours during last year's blizzard had been forgotten.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Officials with Boston's commuter transit system says most of its regular weekday service will resume Monday.
Commuter transit systems in New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia will shut down services because of Hurricane Irene.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Chattanooga ranks dead last for mass transit access of the nation's top 100 metropolitan areas, a national report shows.
Washington's Metro transit system is stepping up security as a precaution following the death of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.
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."
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.
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.
World’s Largest Underground High-Speed Rail Station | FreshomeMeant to connect Hong Kong to Beijing, the Express Rail Link West Kowloon Terminus is said to become the largest underground high-speed rail station in the world. This stunning modern concept was designed by Andrew Bromberg of international architecture studio Ae …
Applying the Brakes | City | Portland MercuryTRIMET CLAIMS its budget, newly revised as of last Wednesday, April 11, is pretty much a done deal. Say hello to drastic bus-service cuts, and goodbye both to the "free rail zone" downtown and the agency's popular free passes for high school students. But Portland City Hall …
Making Sustainability Legal: 9 Zombie Laws That Keep Cities From Going GreenYou’ve done your part, you good greenie, you. You’ve changed out the light bulbs, bought energy-saving appliances, learned to recycle, tuned up your bike, joined a co-op, and bought a transit pass and/or a fuel-efficient car.
Celestial Stunner: Venus to Cross Face of Sun This YearOn your 2012 calendar, be sure to put a big red circle around June 5. On that day, a celestial occurrence that will not be seen by human eyes until well into the 22nd century — the year 2117 to be exact — will take place. The planet Venus will cross the face …
They built a south metro busway but now can't pay for busesTransit cuts in budget deal leave officials scrambling to get Cedar Av.
Transit Agency Study Finds Fares Up and Service Down - NYTimes.com<Good thing the US is rebuilding Afghanistan...> The fare for Atlanta’s trains and buses will jump to $2.50 in October, giving the city one of the more expensive transit systems in the country.
It's official: Rail line from Kenosha to Milwaukee is dead - JSOnlineAfter turning down $810 Million, Walker and fellow Republicans continue to put the ky-bosh on necessary Wisconsin transit.
Nude guy goes nuts on No. 6 subway line In an epic New York transit meltdown, a passenger came unglued on the No. 6 train in The Bronx, stripped off his clothes and chased people naked through the station -- while a transit cop calmly watched the scene unfold.
The apparent demise of high speed rail in Florida, along with the recent defeat of a sales tax referendum for light rail in Tampa, provides an opportunity to re-examine government's approach to providing transportation options for commuters.
Google Transit Search Gets SmarterGoogle Maps has added a new feature: search transit directions by types of transit and time spent outside. Want to take the light rail and not the bus? Willing to take a longer route if it means fewer transfers and time spent outside in the cold? Google will now oblige.
Your local transit department wants to get out of the card-issuing business. They also prefer to get out of the cash-fare business altogether, which means that you may start using your regular credit or debit card to ride the local bus or rail system.
Seattle Transit caves on anti-Israel bus adsThe indefatigable Pamela Geller has chalked up a victory in the Seattle Transit controversy. Also on Atlas Shrugs:
Ulman pushing for reorganized transit system in countyCounty Executive Ulman discusses transit options in County.
"Britain's Got Talent" winner does TTC "flash opera" Paul Potts, a "pop opera tenor" who won the Britain's Got Talent contest in 2007, surprised TTC riders at Union Station with a busker-like (except for the tux) rendition on "What A Wonderful World" last Friday.
Report Urges U.S. to Move Beyond Gas Tax for Funding Highways, TransitThe report by the University of Virginia Miller Center of Public Affairs urges the United States to rethink how it funds transportation improvements, most notably moving away from a reliance on gasoline taxes. ... Among the report's recommendations are a revision of the gas tax …
Design // Amtrak Subway MapPresenting the latest in my series of transit-styled diagrams (see also the Interstate System in the style of the London Underground and a Washington, DC Metro map redesign), the entire Amtrak passenger rail system in the style of a subway map.
Security cameras coming to three big stationsGood news. Beefing up surveillance there surely helps in fighting crime.
Published German Federal Police reports are full of 'transit crimes'. In other European countries, like Switzerland, Austria or any other 'Schengen country', we face the same problems with 'thugs without borders'.
A recent poll published in the Orlando Sentinel revealed that 70 percent of Central Floridians support changing state law so that funds from the tourist development tax could be used to build new schools and roads. The poll was conducted in light of demands from Rich DeVos, owner …
In Europe planes grounded, but trains picking up the slack. What would happen if USA had a similar shutdown? But what would happen in the United States given a similar shutdown?
VMC first: the shadow of Phobos!When the shadow of the Moon falls on the Earth... it covers a BIG chunk of ground. The shadow of Phobos on Mars is more modest... but very cool all the same!
BART officer, passenger injured in scuffle caught on video - CNN.comAn Oakland, California-area transit police officer was captured on video forcing the head of an unruly man into a heavy-duty glass window, which shattered, during an arrest at a passenger station, authorities said.
Philly transit system strike endsRepresentatives of Philadelphia's transit system and its largest union signed a contract early Monday, bringing an end to a strike that idled the city's subways, buses and trolleys for six days.
New NYC Transit boss Thomas Prendergast is an old handThe next NYC Transit president may not have much of a learning curve - the leading candidate once was agency vice president in charge of subways, the Daily News has learned.
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