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Opinion: Cronyism strikes again
(The following editorial by Edward Wytkind was posted on the Baltimore Sun website on December 15. Edward Wytkind is the President of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department.) BALTIMORE -- Here we go again. President Bush puts highly unqualified political...
Flaws in track cause seven derailments in 18 months
(The following article by Jack Moran was posted on the Register-Guard website on December 13.) EUGENE, Ore. -- A Roseburg-based railroad carrier has two years to implement a maintenance and inspection plan aimed at eliminating track defects that have caused at least...
NTSB urges Union Pacific to step up safety
(San Antonio television station KSAT posted the following article on its website on December 14.) SAN ANTONIO – The National Transportation Safety Board issued new safety recommendations Wednesday for railroad companies, 1½ years after a deadly train derailment in...
TSA checks emergency procedures in Philadelphia
(The following article by Larry King was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on December 14.) PHILADELPHIA -- A three-day program to further shield public transportation from terrorist attacks began yesterday in Philadelphia. The pilot project is designed to...
Air marshals to deploy on ground transit
(Reuters circulated the following article on December 14.) WASHINGTON -- U.S. air marshals, who usually provide security on airplanes, will join local law enforcement this week to test how effectively they can boost security on ground transport, officials said on...
Security agency running 6-day program
(The New York Times posted the following article on its website on December 14.) WASHINGTON -- The Transportation Security Administration began a six-day pilot program this week to send security personnel to bus, train and subway stations in six cities, the agency...
More railroad security needed
(The following article by Natasha Lee was posted on the Stamford Advocate website on December 14.) DARIEN, Conn. -- Elected officials expressed concern last night that rail stations still aren't well-equipped to protect commuters from possible terrorist threats....
Amtrak train hits truck, derails
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 14.) SALT LAKE CITY -- An Amtrak train collided with a semitrailer on Wednesday in southeastern Utah, killing the truck driver and injuring several Amtrak passengers, authorities said. The California...
TSA teams with Metrolink and Amtrak to test security preparedness
(Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on December 13.) WASHINGTON -- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is partnering with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and Amtrak on a three-day pilot...
Official: transfer stations ‘unsafe’
(The following article by Peter J. Sampson was posted on the Bergen Record website on December 14.) NEWARK, N.J. -- A state official testified Tuesday that the enclosed waste-transfer stations the New York Susquehanna & Western Railway Corp. is building in North...
