Nearly 300 of New York City’s new subway cars were removed over concerns that the doors could open while the trains were in motion, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The 298 cars on the A, C, J and Z …
A member of the board that oversees New York City’s transit agency has asked it to give more thought to adding safety barriers on subway platforms. Forty-four people have been killed by trains in the city this year, either by …
A subway train struck two workers in a tunnel early Thursday, killing one and injuring the other, and investigators are looking at whether there’s enough room in the escape alcoves along the tracks. A federal official briefed on the investigation …
Federal experts will spend the next two months examining safety compliance and safety culture at a commuter railroad that operated a train that derailed and killed four people this month.The effort will assess a broad range of practices at Metro-North …
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has a wholly owned insurance subsidiary, a captive insurer called the First Mutual Transportation Assurance Company (FMTAC), that will provide part of the coverages for liability and property losses stemming from the Dec. 1 …
