Mayor Mike Bloomberg, despite having no significant influence over the MTA, which runs city trains and buses, and is a state agency, has called for a variety of different transit improvements as part of his reelection platform.
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Let Someone Else Do the Driving
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NYC Mayor Calls for Transit Improvements
Getting up and Down the Northeast Corridor
Recently, we decided to take a trip from our hometown of New York City down to Washington D.C. and started planning. Over the years, we've taken the plane many times, a car, and even the train. But we've never tried the bus.
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Multiple Errors caused Monorail Accident at Disney
Earlier this week, we reported on a monorail accident at Disneyworld in Florida. It appears that early reports on the accident were incorrect.
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Disney Monorail Accident Kills Driver
Investigators are looking into an accident at the Happiest Place on Earth. Early Sunday morning, a monorail at Walt Disney World in Florida killed 21-year old Austin Wuennenberg, the operator of one of the two trains that collided. The monorail, which has operated without fatality for 38 years, is shut down until the investigation...
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Transportation Infrastructure is Too Old
The New York Times reports that federal data shows that many cities are using outdated equipment. The issue was picked up recently due to the Washington DC Metro crash that left nine dead and many more injured.
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Metro Crash in DC
Officials for the DC Metro have confirmed nine people were killed and seventy-five wounded in yesterday's crash. What caused this deadly crash? Experts are looking at signal failure and/or operator error as primary possibilities.
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