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Sixty injured, 5 critically, after trains collide outside NYC
NEW YORK -- Five people were hospitalized in critical condition Friday and dozens more were treated for less serious injuries after a commuter train headed from New York City to suburban Connecticut derailed and hit a train headed in the opposite...
Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Grand Central Terminal
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Goldberg: Is disability the new welfare?
The government in Britain recently did something interesting. It asked everyone receiving an "incapacity benefit" — a disability program slowly being phased out under new reforms — to submit to a medical test to confirm they were too...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, American Enterprise Institute, Pension and Welfare, United Kingdom, NPR
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Hurricane Irene: Broadway, cultural institutions threatened
Culture MonsterHurricane Irene menaces Broadway, other cultural institutions... -
Corrected: Railroad deaths
Number of reported fatalities from all causes (auto collisions, pedestrians hit, yard accidents, derailments, etc.) on major commuter rail systems from 1999 to Saturday. (Note: this chart is corrects a previously published version) Railroad, location...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Death, Metra, Transportation, Railway Transportation
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Metrolink's grim national record
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMetrolink has amassed the most fatalities among commuter railroads of similar size in the United States over the last decade, a statistic boosted in part by three deadly train collisions in the past five years, according to federal reports. -------------...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Boston, Accidental Death, Railway Accidents, Death
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JFK to Manhattan for only $7? Yes, if you take the train
Special to The TimesTravelers to U.S. cities may find it easier to get from the airport to the urban center without breaking the vacation bank or dithering around at the ground transportation desk, thanks to train and light-rail service. The concept isn't as on track in the...Tags: London Heathrow Airport, Hotels and Accommodations, Public Transportation, Subway Transportation, Commuting
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As the number of fliers soars, expansion efforts are underway
Special to The TimesYou think airports are crowded now? Just wait. More than 1.6 billion people world- wide fly annually on business or leisure trips, according to the International Air Transport Assn., an industry group based in Montreal that represents 270 airlines. By...Tags: JetBlue Airways, London Heathrow Airport, American Airlines, Inc., September 11, 2001 Attacks, O'Hare International Airport
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LAX-downtown rail plan may finally be leaving the station
Times Staff WriterThey heaped scorn on Angelenos in 1995 when we introduced a light-rail route that bypassed the region's biggest airport. MTA's Green Line trains, originating in Norwalk, pulled up two miles shy of LAX before veering south toward Redondo Beach. "A train...Tags: Air Transportation, Transportation, Air Transportation Industry, Howard Beach, Travel
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MARC gets a boost
Last week presented the sort of opportunity that elected officials crave. As Gov. Martin O'Malley signed the gas tax increase into law, he announced a slew of new Maryland transportation projects — $1.2 billion in all — that can now move...
Tags: Energy Saving, Howard County, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail, Public Transportation, Services and Shopping
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Hearing set on plan to pay for pipe in Wyandanch
NewsdayBabylon Town officials have scheduled a public hearing on Tuesday on a plan to create an assessment area in Wyandanch and finance a water main pipe there if the area's revitalization fails to produce enough new residents to pay for the work. The Suffolk...Tags: Wyandanch, Lindenhurst (Babylon, New York)
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NYC's aging, crowded Penn Station, nation's busiest train hub, in desperate need of overhaul
Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — The busiest passenger train station in the United States is a 1960s-era, utilitarian labyrinth in the basement of a basketball arena. Pennsylvania Station, a gateway to the nation's biggest city, was designed to accommodate about...Tags: Finance, Madison Square Garden, National Basketball Association, Hudson River, House Building
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LIRR plan would run more trains to NYC
NewsdayThe Long Island Rail Road is seeking to extend its tracks at the Port Washington station as a precursor to its intended future service to Grand Central Terminal. But the plan, which would allow 18 additional train cars to be stored at the site at the...Tags: Transportation, Grand Central Terminal, Railway Transportation, Travel
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