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

• Regulating the Renegade Bus Companies

  Michael Phelan | June 16, 2011 4:20 PM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA

  According to Michael Paul Williams of the Richmond Times- Dispatch, renegade bus lines prove the need for government regulation. Check out his video blog citing the recent Virginia bus crash...

• Senator Rockefeller Introduces Deep Water Horizon Survivors' Fairness Act

  Brett Rivkind | June 10, 2011 3:20 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  We previously have reported on the harshness of the Death on the High Seas Act, which restricts the recovery to the families of people killed on the high seas to economic losses only. The...

• It Makes No Sense That States Can Randomly Inspect Trucks But Not Buses

  Michael Phelan | June 08, 2011 12:05 PM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The Virginia bus crash last week that killed four and injured over 50 people has re-ignited the debate over a massive transportation spending bill that Congress passed in 2005 called SAFE-TEA-LU....

• Major Safety Risks Posed by Tired and Drowsy Workers

  Kevin Duffan | June 07, 2011 10:02 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Sleep scientists have established that going to work fatigued (i.e. extremely tired or drowsy) is like going to work drunk. Unfortunately, this revelation has been largely ignored by transportation...

• Why Punitive Damages are Good for a Free Market: the Sky Express Case

  Michael Phelan | June 05, 2011 7:23 PM | 1 CommentRichmond, VA

  I really wanted to avoid blogging about last week's Virginia bus crash, because I am reluctant to be lumped in with the lawyers who blog about tragedies to get cases. However, as the news about Sky...

• Driver of NYC Bound Tour Bus Charged with Manslaughter for Fatal Va. Crash

  Paul Napoli | June 05, 2011 4:09 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  June 4, 2011 The deaths of four passengers in a tour bus crash on their way to New York City last week has resulted in four charges of involuntary manslaughter for the bus driver, reports the...

• Passengers Injured on Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship by an Explosion

  Brett Rivkind | June 01, 2011 11:29 AM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL

  The passenger cruise ship Independence of the Seas was docked alongside a pier at the port of Gibraltar when there was an explosion of a nearby fuel tank. Reports indicate 12 passengers received...

• Bus Operator Safety Questioned After Virginia (VA) Crash Leaves Four Dead

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | June 01, 2011 8:54 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  A terrible bus crash north of Richmond, Virginia (VA), the morning of May 31, 2011, left four women dead and sent 54 injured people to 10 hospitals, some with serious injuries. It has also raised a...

• An Important Reminder on FELA and Locomotive Safety

  Randy Appleton | May 23, 2011 10:09 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and the United Transportation Union recently joined forces to provide comments to the Federal Railroad Administration in response to a Notice of...

• Is Weight an Issue For City Buses?

  Mike Bryant | May 21, 2011 9:39 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  As the average weight of bus passengers has been rising, the Federal Transit Authority (FTA) is proposing raising the assumed average weight from 150 pounds to 175 pounds. The significance will...