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In added security measure, officers are riding the rails
(The following article by Sewell Chan was posted on the New York Times website on July 8.) NEW YORK -- The sprawling transportation systems of New York City were put on high alert after the bombings in London yesterday as the Police Department took the extraordinary...
U.S. terror alert raised to ‘orange’
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 8.) WASHINGTON -- Even in an age of high-tech security equipment, local transit authorities are mainly relying on people and dogs to keep their systems safe from terrorist attack. Soon after Thursday's...
Railroad security sidelined
(The following story by Lisa Friedman appeared on the Long Beach Press Telegram website on July 7.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than a year since declaring the deadly Madrid train bombings a "wake-up call' about the need for tighter rail security in the U.S., Congress...
Security on U.S. transit systems is stepped up
(The following article by Eric Lipton was posted on the New York Times website on July 7.) WASHINGTON -- Concerned about a "copycat attack," federal officials elevated the alert for the nation's rail, subway and bus systems on Thursday, prompting more police patrols,...
Safety, access always at odds
(The following article by Mary Curtius and Maura Reynolds was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on July 8.) WASHINGTON -- In the nearly four years since the Sept. 11 attacks, security experts scouring American cities have found — as London learned Thursday —...
More on Mineta’s misleading Alaska/Amtrak analogy
(The National Association of Railroad Passengers issued the following news release on July 6.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Here is more information about the Alaska Railroad that is not in the DOT release, but is relevant to Mineta's claim that the Alaska Railroad is "an...
Train derailments an issue in three south Texas counties
(The following story by Angela Macias and Jacqueline Lane appeared at RedNova.com on July 5. Terry Briggs is Chairman of the BLET’s Texas State Legislative Board.) DALLAS -- Blocks away from where people were slurping gumbo at a cook-off in Orange in May 2001, 11...
Machinists merge with rail workers
(Bloomberg News circulated the following article on July 7.) NEW YORK -- The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers has agreed to merge with the Transportation Communications International Union, which represents 46,000 rail workers, to increase...
Transportation Communications Union affiliates with Machinists Union
(The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers circulated the following news release on July 6.) WASHINGTON -- The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today announced an historic agreement that will bring nearly...
Pair of bills to ease LIRR commutes
(The following article by Rebekah Rombom was posted on the Long Island Press website on July 7.) NEW YORK -- On April 25, 2002, 67-year old Leo Caruso collapsed of a heart attack on an Eastbound train from Penn Station. Caruso remained on the train unconscious for...
