Train Derailment Halts America's Busiest Train Line
Ravi Somaiya reports on the collision between two electrified Metro-North Railroad trains "near Fairfield, Conn., at the height of the evening rush on Friday", May 17.Publication Date: Sun, 05/19/2013
View ArticleDoes it Matter if We Call Crashes 'Accidents'?
Kevin Drum reacts to Emily Badger's, August 24 Washington PostWonkblog piece, "Publication Date: Mon, 08/24/2015
View ArticleSafety of Southern California's New Metrolink Cab Cars Questioned
Officials of Southern California's 388-mile commuter rail line, Metrolink, were counting on their new Publication Date: Thu, 09/03/2015
View ArticleAmtrak Crash Shuts Down Northeast Corridor Service on Sunday Morning
The crash occurred early Sunday (April 3) morning in Chester (Delaware County), Pa.Publication Date: Sun, 04/03/2016
View ArticleThe Root Causes of the D.C. Metro Crisis
"'America’s subway,' which opened in 1976 to great acclaim — promoted as a marvel of modern transit technology and design — has been reduced to an embarrassment, scorned and ridiculed from station...
View ArticleLoss of 'Situational Awareness' Caused Fatal Amtrak #188 Crash
[Updated 5/19/2017] It's been just over a year since a speeding northbound Northeast Regional Amtrak train derailed shortly after departing the Philadelphia station.Publication Date: Tue, 05/17/2016
View ArticleWhy the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Doesn't Use 'Accidents'
"In our society, language can be everything," states Mark R.Publication Date: Sun, 05/22/2016
View ArticleFatal Combination: Hot-Air Balloons and High-Tension Power Lines
A post on Friday pointed to the dangers of riding a bicycle on a street with trolley tracks, which can prove Publication Date: Sun, 07/31/2016
View ArticleTraffic Safety Advocates Taking Action Into Their Own Hands
A group of safety activists came together to implement a DIY safety improvement project at Sixth and Mission in San Francisco "after the deaths of two bicyclists, Heather Miller and Kate SlPublication...
View ArticleNTSB Investigates Horrific Bicycle Crashes Too
The investigation marks only the second time in it's 90-year history that the independent federal agency will prepare a report on a bicycle crash. Another reason given for the investigation was "the...
View ArticleGasoline Shortage Hits South and East Coast after Pipeline Rupture
The pipeline, owned by Colonial Pipeline Company, supplies 40 percent of the East Coast's gasoline. It runs from Houston's refineries to the Port of New York and New Jersey.Publication Date: Mon,...
View ArticleTerrifying Train Crash at Hoboken Terminal on Thursday Leaves One Dead
"The cause of the crash at [Hoboken Terminal] was not immediately known," reports Berkeley Lovelace Jr. for CNBC.Publication Date: Thu, 09/29/2016
View ArticleBlack Box Showed What, but Not Why, for the New Jersey Transit Crash
"In the minute before the crash, the train had been moving toward the platform at just eight miles per hour, the Publication Date: Thu, 10/06/2016
View ArticleHorrific School Bus Crash in Chattanooga Results In Five Counts of Vehicular...
"Three of the children were fourth graders, one a first-grader and another in kindergarten," reports the WRCB Staff.Publication Date: Tue, 11/22/2016
View ArticlePanel Recommends Federal Bike Helmet Law
"A federal safety board issued a surprise recommendation for mandatory bike helmet laws in all 50 states — unanimously approving a last-minute resolution that had not been recommended by the board’s...
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