- Paul Kiesel | October 14, 2009 4:33 PM | Los Angeles, CA
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
From the Los Angeles Times:
After years of legal wrangling, Metrolink has settled most of the outstanding lawsuits arising from the 2005 Glendale crash that killed 11 people and injured about 180,...
- Paul Kiesel | September 08, 2009 3:18 PM | Los Angeles, CA
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
From the Los Angeles Times:
As the anniversary of the Sept. 12 Chatsworth train disaster approaches, officials with Southern California's sprawling commuter rail service are facing a vexing array...
- Paul Kiesel | September 15, 2008 9:37 PM | Los Angeles, CA
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
The family of Aida Magdaleno filed a claim today against Metrolink, alleging the agency chose not to use the available rail safety features needed to protect Southern California rail commuters. “We...
- Paul Kiesel | May 28, 2009 7:41 PM | Los Angeles, CA
Category:
Miscellaneous
From the Los Angeles Times:
In the latest fallout from last year's Metrolink disaster, the Southern California commuter rail agency could begin directly hiring and managing its engineers and...
- Paul Kiesel | October 30, 2008 5:39 PM | Los Angeles, CA
Category:
Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
From the Associated Press:
LOS ANGELES—The National Transportation Safety Board has removed worker fatigue and the use of positive train control from its annual most wanted list of safety...
- Paul Kiesel | October 01, 2008 4:47 PM | Los Angeles, CA
Category:
Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
From NBC News: The engineer of a Metrolink commuter train sent a text message 22 seconds before the collision with a freight train in Los Angeles last month that killed 25 people, federal...
- Paul Kiesel | September 26, 2008 9:49 PM | Los Angeles, CA
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
Metrolink has decided to improve its safety technology by implementing its commuter trains with automatic train stop devices designed to prevent train collisions. This type of safety device may be...
- Paul Kiesel | September 18, 2008 9:02 PM | Los Angeles, CA
Category:
Miscellaneous
Just last year, the head of Metrolink warned Congress that any proposals to require updated safety devices on trains, like positive train controls, would involve "substantial cost" and that...
- Paul Kiesel | September 15, 2008 3:18 AM | Los Angeles, CA
Category:
Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
According to Saturday's, September 13, 2008, Los Angeles Times, Federal investigators continued to comb the twisted wreckage of a commuter train in Chatsworth today as fresh details emerged that a...