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

• Grounded: Investigation Calls Airline Safety Into Question

  Jim Lewis | February 02, 2010 3:31 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  A recent investigation into the airline industry revealed some shocking information. First and foremost, planes have taken off and been used numerous times even after the FAA discovered...

• President's High-Speed Rail Initiative: Devil May Be in Details with FELA/Labor Protections

  Rick Shapiro | January 29, 2010 2:10 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  When President Obama passed the Recovery and Reinvestment Act last year, $8 billion was allotted for high-speed light rail expansion. The president also requested Congress to provide another $1...

• Norfolk Southern Faces FELA Claims From Former West Virginia Workers

  Randy Appleton | January 24, 2010 1:33 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Norfolk Southern learned this week that it will face two civil lawsuits from two former company employees who claim they suffered serious, disabling injuries, in part, as a result of negligence by...

• Locomotive Engine Video Cameras: Safety Mechanism or Abusive Tool Used by Rail Companies?

  Rick Shapiro | January 24, 2010 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Statistics show that about 50 percent of all railroad crossing accidents (about 3,000 per year) happen where there are no active warnings (no electronic lights or gates). I have heard gripes for a...

• Video and Voice Recorders in Locomotives to Prevent, Detect Unsafe Crew Actions

  Rick Shapiro | January 22, 2010 6:34 PM | 1 CommentVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Fifteen months of investigations and hearings have lead the National Transportation Safety Board to conclude that the chief engineer of a Los Angeles-area Metrolink commuter train was texting...

• CSX Repeatedly Delays Fixing Dangerous Crossing in York Co.

  Randy Appleton | January 14, 2010 12:31 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  A CSX grade crossing near the intersection of Denbigh Boulevard and Fort Eustis Boulder in York County, Virginia (VA), is no longer a grade crossing. This is because grade crossing defines a section...

• Two People Injured When Airplane Crashes in Suffolk

  Jim Lewis | December 27, 2009 4:42 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Eric Musial and his flight instructor, Amy Sipala, were injured when their single-engine airplane crashed in the Great Dismal Swap area of Suffolk, Virginia (VA). Mr. Musial was learning how to...

• As HRT Grows, Responsibilities for Protecting Public Also Increase

  John Cooper | December 03, 2009 9:15 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  HRT, which operates public transportation throughout Tidewater, had a big year in 2009. Hampton Roads Transit broke ground on The Tide light rail system in Norfolk, revised its bus routes...

• Increased safety needed for DC Metro Subway, train and bus drivers

  Doug Landau | November 29, 2009 10:48 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  After four metro drivers have been injured in train accidents since June, it appears that greater safety training is needed by DC Metro. Union officials have also called for more safety training for...

• Safety concerns face Washington, D.C. Metro expansion to Dulles in northern Virginia

  Jim Lewis | November 25, 2009 9:15 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Serious safety issues have emerged concerning the Washington, D.C. Metro rail line currently being extended to Washington Dulles International Airport. Concerns center around underground...