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TriMet to reduce bus services due to workforce shortage
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — TriMet officials said this week that bus services will be reduced starting Jan. 9 because of an extreme shortage of bus operators. The Portland-area transit agency said TriMet would temporarily reduce service levels by 9%, meaning TriMet will...
Boston approves $8M to make 3 bus lines free in 2022
BOSTON, Mass. (AP) — Boston is preparing to cancel bus fares on three Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus lines in early 2022, using $8 million from the city's federal coronavirus relief funds. The program, which passed the City Council on Wednesday, will...
Man dies after falling from stairs at Chicago train station
CHICAGO (AP) — A man died Wednesday after he fell from a stairway at a Chicago Transit Authority train station and plunged to the street below, police said. CTA officials said video from an internal reviewed showed the man climbed over a stair railing and fell from an...
NTSB issues safety alert to subways, rail over wheel defect
The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday issued a safety alert to subway systems and commuter railroads over a wheelset problem that led to a derailment in the nation’s capital, saying the defect is difficult to detect and potentially devastating. The...
Woman beaten on train in latest SEPTA violence
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia transit officials say a woman was beaten by two juveniles on a train Tuesday evening, just hours after hundreds of people gathered at a rally prompted by an attack on the train last month. The rally against Asian American hate was...
Worker shortage prompts cuts to St. Louis bus service
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bus service will be reduced in St. Louis along more than three dozen routes this week because of a significant worker shortage. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Metro Transit currently has about 150 openings it is struggling to fill with most...
Transit center approved for old fairgrounds site in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — An $18.6 million transit center will be constructed on the site of the former Michigan State Fairgrounds in Detroit. Detroit City Councilmembers on Tuesday approved by a 5-2 vote a plan that calls for buses and passengers to use what had been the...
DC Metro to stay on reduced service through end of the year
WASHINGTON (AP) — The regional train system serving the Washington, D.C., area will remain on drastically reduced service levels through at least the end of this year, as authorities grapple with a safety problem that has forced the majority of the trains out of service. ...
Man fatally shot on Los Angeles County rail platform
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man shot another man to death on a Los Angeles County Metro Rail station platform and then fired at sheriff’s deputies, who shot him, the Sheriff’s Department said. A rail patron at the station in Willowbrook flagged down the deputies Sunday...
RIPTA gets $900,000 grant to help develop transit corridor
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority is getting a $900,000 federal boost to develop plans for a high-capacity transit corridor to connect Central Falls to Warwick via Providence, according to the state's congressional delegation. The...
