Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

• California Train vs. Vehicle Fatalities on the Rise

  Christina Cole | March 23, 2007 10:59 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  According to statistics from the Federal Railroad Administration, in 2006, 36 people were killed in a train vs. vehicle collision in California. A 63 percent rise from the previous year.California, second to Texas, had 42 fatalities in highway-railroad crossing accidents. However, overall 2006 was a safer year for railroads in the state.Total train accidents in California dropped 12 percent...

• Another Indonesian Air Disaster

  Rick Patterson | March 09, 2007 11:22 AM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  After Garuda Indonesia flight GA-200 shot off the runway and exploded on Wednesday into what one passenger described as a "wall of fire", Australians and Indonesians alike are left to sort out the remains and the details. That is because many of the passengers on this particular aircraft were public figures in Australia. It is unknown at this early stage exactly what caused this accident....

• Peoria Man Killed by Passenger Train

  Shannon Weidemann | March 05, 2007 6:51 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A 20-year-old man from Peoria was killed in a railroad accident in Monmouth on Friday. He was struck by a passenger train in front of the Monmouth Public Safety Building at a railroad crossing. One woman witnessed the tragic accident and ran to the nearby police station to report a pedestrian was just struck by a train.The woman said it appeared the pedestrian did not realize the eastbound...

• Metrolink Train Wreck - Three Serious Injuries

  IB Contributor | March 04, 2007 9:47 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Riverside-Corona crossing has high accident rate.According to a story in the Press Enterprise, Metrolink Train 804 slammed into a van that then hit another car early Friday evening during rush hour. Five people were taken to hospitals, three in serious condition. None of the passengers on the Metrolink train were injured according to Riverside fire Battalion Chief Mike Esparza.The accident...

• Train Kills Pedestrian

  Christina Cole | March 03, 2007 9:29 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  2nd Fatality in One Week at Same Railroad Crossing.In a railroad accident on Friday morning, a 23-year-old Suisun City Man, was killed by a westbound Amtrak train when attempting to cross the railroad tracks at Sunset Avenue.According to the preliminary investigation, police believe the man was traveling north on Sunset Avenue toward the tracks. At that same time the train was traveling east and...

• Aviation - Proposed Cut backs on Emissions

  Greg Owen | February 28, 2007 2:21 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  Aviation emissions are or should be a concern. The Australian transport minister, Mark Vaile, made a very important point when he recently spoke of the fact that if something as simple as airline departure times were managed more efficiently it would significantly reduce gas emissions. Vaile pointed out that when airplanes are forced to hold at a low altitude there is four to five times as...

• Watts Teenager Killed By Commuter Train

  Shannon Weidemann | February 25, 2007 12:25 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A 14-year-old boy was killed by a Metro Blue Line Commuter Train. He was crossing the tracks at the intersection of East 92nd Street and Graham Avenue. An eyewitness said the victim was standing in the middle of the tracks when he was struck. The teenager was hit Thursday afternoon in Watts as he walked home from school. Witnesses said he was in the middle of the train tracks when warning...

• Are Silent Aircrafts a Thing of the Future?

  Rick Patterson | February 13, 2007 11:04 AM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  When scientists and aerodynamicists want to come up with new ideas for aircrafts they are still looking at nature, and what better place is there to get ideas then from the greatest creations of all time. Take the owl for example, when the owl stalks its prey, it is afforded the advantage of a quirk in its wing which allows a silent hunt. This leaves even a mouse with great hearing at a distinct...

• Safety Advisory on Railroad Maintenance Equipment

  IB Contributor | January 30, 2007 8:18 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  The Federal Railroad Administration on Friday issued a safety advisory to railroad industry owners and operators urging them to ensure that specialized maintenance equipment is only operated by fully qualified individuals and is properly inspected.Last week's warning came in response to a deadly derailment in November 2006 involving a rail grinder train, according to a press release posted on...

• Man Recovering after Train Accident

  Christina Cole | January 27, 2007 11:47 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  Two weeks after a Acampo ranch butcher was critically injured when his truck was hit by a train, his condition is improving.Mike McMahon, 48, at one point was comatose and the doctors had told his family it could be months before he would wake up. But he has since regained consciousness and begun walking, though Doctors have yet to say when he will be released.Ellis says he will likely file a...