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Congressional candidate calls for cameras at train stations
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 18.) STAMFORD, Conn. -- Westport First Selectwoman Diane Farrell, a candidate for Congress, has proposed installing cameras at Connecticut train stations in the wake of the terrorist bombings in London....
Rail woes will hurt coal profits
(Reuters circulated the following article by Steve James on July 15.) NEW YORK -- Two major U.S. coal producers warned on Friday that full-year profits would be hurt as a result of rail delivery disruptions that could further increase the danger of shortages at U.S....
Team chosen for project to develop Penn Station
(The following article by Charles V. Bagli was posted on the New York Times website on July 18.) NEW YORK -- The Pataki administration plans to announce today that it has selected a development team to transform the general post office in Midtown Manhattan into a...
Opinion: Chertoff said what?
(Newsday posted the following editorial on its website on July 18.) NEW YORK -- For a fellow who spent much of his legal career just across the harbor from Manhattan, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff of New Jersey made some inexplicable comments in a...
Opinion: U.S. mass transit security — Token spending won’t do
(The Philadelphia Inquirer posted the following editorial on its website on July 16.) PHILADELPHIA -- President Bush, who again vowed to defeat terrorism in the aftermath of the deadly London bombings of a bus and three commuter trains, needs to direct his focus to...
Easing anxiety on mass transit
(The following article by Sewell Chan was posted on the New York Times website on July 16.) NEW YORK -- After the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the federal government took immediate steps to secure airplanes. Cockpit doors were locked, passengers thoroughly searched. But...
Hi-tech eyes in tunnels
(The following article by Pete Donohue was posted on the New York Daily News website on July 18.) NEW YORK -- The MTA's first wave of major anti-terrorism projects will include installing high-tech surveillance systems to protect its underwater tunnels, the Daily News...
M.T.A. and police discussing how to pay for terror security
(The following article by Sewell Chan was posted on the New York Times website on July 16.) NEW YORK -- Increased police patrols on New York City subways and buses since the July 7 bombings in London have cost about $1.9 million a week, and the Metropolitan...
D.C. official says security measures aren’t enough
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 16.) WASHINGTON -- D.C. Councilwoman Kathy Patterson is dismissing plans by the federal government to secure a rail line in the city. She tells The Washington Post the system of cameras and sensors...
Cameras, sensors to line railway
(The following article by Eric M. Weiss was posted on the Washington Post website on July 16.) WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of surveillance cameras and sensors to detect intruders will be installed along a freight rail line that snakes through the District and within three...
