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New Jersey man is accused of plotting attack in Vermont
(The following article by John Holl was posted on the New York Times website on July 14.) MONTCLAIR, N.J. -- A New Jersey man who the authorities said had planned to go on a shooting spree in southern Vermont was arrested on Wednesday after his mother found an assault...
Explosive chemicals in rail yard called recipe for disaster
(The following article by Jarrett Renshaw was posted on the Jersey Journal website on July 15.) BERGEN, N.J. -- State and local officials swooped down on a rail yard in North Bergen yesterday, hoping to find out why thousands of pounds of an explosive chemical was...
MBTA probes handling of parcel left unattended on train
(The following article by Mac Daniel was posted on the Boston Globe website on July 15.) BOSTON -- The MBTA is investigating whether a harmless package left unattended on a Rockport-bound commuter train this week was handled properly by the train's staff, officials...
Americans: U.S. transit attack inevitable
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 15.) WASHINGTON -- Most Americans think a terrorist attack on a train, bus or subway in the United States is inevitable, but there's no evidence they are any more fearful about their own safety after the...
Senators clash on security cost
(The following article by Eric Lipton was posted on the New York Times website on July 14.) WASHINGTON -- The Senate struggled Thursday to settle upon an appropriate response to last week's bombings in London after an emotional debate broke out over how best to...
Chertoff: States foot transit safety bill
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 15.) WASHINGTON -- The government must focus on preventing airline hijackings and other terror threats that could inflict mass casualties, and is limited in the help it can give cities and states to...
Rail study: Pushed as safe as pulled
(The following article by Dan Weikel was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on July 15.) LOS ANGELES -- A new federal study triggered by January's deadly Metrolink crash in Glendale shows there is little difference in safety between commuter trains pulled by...
Report: Metrolink method safe
(The following article by Phil Pitchford was posted on the Press-Enterprise website on July 15. Timothy Smith is Chairman of the BLET Calif. State Legislative Board.) RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A controversial method of operating commuter trains that has been blamed for...
CPR, IBEW reach agreement on five-year contract with signal maintainers
(Canadian Pacific issued the following news release on July 14.) CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), representing about 450 employees who maintain railway signal systems, today announced they have reached...
Could Seattle monorail be facing dead end?
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 14.) SEATTLE -- When it first whooshed through the sky above crowds at the 1962 World's Fair, the gleaming metallic car of Seattle's monorail was lauded as the future of mass public transit. More than 40...
