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Leaning on Doors? Report Says NYC Subway Cars Cut for Safety

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 …

Long Island Rail Road Says Train Service to Hamptons Has Resumed After Derailment

The Long Island Rail Road says train service to the Hamptons has resumed after a derailment halted service for two days. The railroad said on Twitter Monday that the 7:04 train from Montauk would be the first westbound train to …

Passengers Say New York City Bus Driver Was Operating Erratically

A New York City bus driver who passengers say was driving erratically before he hit something is facing charges including driving while intoxicated. Authorities say the 24-year-old driver had nine passengers on the bus early Sunday in Brooklyn. Police say …

NTSB Releases Results of Investigation Into 2015 New York Train Crash

Federal safety investigators said Tuesday they can’t determine why an SUV ended up in the path of an oncoming commuter train, causing a crash that killed six people at a rail crossing in suburban New York in 2015. Detailing the …

U.S. Safety Board to Detail Findings of Deadly New York Train Crash

The National Transportation Safety Board was scheduled to meet and detail a probe into a 2015 crash between a commuter train and an SUV that killed six people in the New York suburbs, a day after a U.S. official told …

NYC Subway Trash Bin Ban Yields to Better Cleaning Methods

Faced with too much trash in one of the world’s biggest – and arguably dirtiest – subway systems, New York transit officials tried an unusual social experiment. They removed garbage bins from 39 out of the more than 400 stations, …