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  • August 2008

    • Suit Stops Hackers From Showing Subway Flaw

      Boston Globe  |  Aug 10, 08 7:28 PM CDT

      Suit Stops Hackers From Showing Subway Flaw

      (Newser) - Boston’s mass transit system has blocked three MIT students from revealing a flaw in its electronic fare system, the Boston Globe reports. Most Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority customers use the CharlieCard, which allows them to store fares. By cracking it, the students vowed to give attendees at a Las Vegas computer conference “free subway rides for life." More »

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      technology  • Boston  • Massachusetts  • court  • MIT  • hacker  • subway

  • July 2008
  • May 2008

    • More Riders, Pricier Fuel Stress Out Transit Agencies

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 30, 08 4:29 PM CDT

      More Riders, Pricier Fuel Stress Out Transit Agencies

      (Newser) - The same agencies that stand to benefit as commuters turn to public transit to escape high gas prices are finding themselves hamstrung by rising fuel costs, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ridership is up by as much as 35% for some bus lines, but the cost of diesel has doubled and economic woes are slowing sales-tax revenue, the main source of transit funding. More »

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      fuel costs  • budget  • public transportation  • subway  • buses  • budget cuts  • sales tax  • tax revenue

    • London Mayor Bans Subway Boozing

      USA Today  |  May 29, 08 6:40 AM CDT

      London Mayor Bans Subway Boozing

      (Newser) - One of the first acts of the newly elected mayor of London was to ban drinking alcohol on London's Tube subway system and buses , USA Today reports. The ban, which was a campaign pledge by Boris Johnson, will take effect Sunday. Public drinking has been commonplace in Britain for decades. More »

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      alcohol  • ban  • subway  • Boris Johnson  • London Tube  • public drinking

    • Chicago Train Derails

      Chicago Tribune  |  May 28, 08 12:39 PM CDT

      Chicago Train Derails

      (Newser) - A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train derailed this morning, the Chicago Tribune reports. Although the train came off the elevated tracks, it did not fall all the way to the ground. Using ladders and baskets, firefighters rescued 39 people from the Green Line train on Chicago’s south side, but only 10 required medical attention. More »

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      Chicago  • accident  • firefighters  • train  • subway  • South Side  • Chicago Transit Authority

    • Moscow Subway Is a K9 Kingdom

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 20, 08 12:47 PM CDT

      Moscow Subway Is a K9 Kingdom

      (Newser) - It's not only humans who get around the Russian capital by subway these days. Stray dogs are now a common sight on the Moscow metro, and, as the Wall Street Journal reports, their lives are pretty cushy. Muscovites are accustomed to seeing them lounging in stations, waiting for someone to toss a scrap, boarding trains, and curling up on an empty seat.  More »

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      Russia  • dog  • animal  • Moscow  • subway

    • High Gas Prices Fuel Transit Boom

      New York Times  |  May 10, 08 6:10 AM CDT

      High Gas Prices Fuel Transit Boom

      (Newser) - The soaring price of gas is driving people across America out of their cars and onto mass transit, the New York Times reports. Buses and trains are up 5% or more in cities like Boston and New York, where mass transit is already a popular alternative, but the biggest leap in rider numbers—10-15%— has been in cities in the South and West where car culture is strongest. More »

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      gas prices  • driving  • train  • public transportation  • transportation  • subway  • transit  • buses

  • November 2007

    • French Rail Workers Strike

      BBC  |  Nov 13, 07 8:02 PM CST

      French Rail Workers Strike

      (Newser) - French rail workers tested Sarkozy's mettle today by walking off the job in defense of their pensions, the BBC reports. Only 90 of France's 700 high-speed trains will run tomorrow and subway service in Paris will be dead, according to the metro operator. "Tomorrow is going to be a hellish day for travelers and perhaps for many days beyond that," said one official. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • strike  • teacher  • subway  • rail workers  • metro

    • NY Romeo Finds His Subway Juliet Online

      Reuters  |  Nov 9, 07 10:28 AM CST

      NY Romeo Finds His Subway Juliet Online

      (Newser) - New Yorkers eagerly took up the cause of Patrick Moberg, who spotted the woman of his dreams across a crowded subway car, lost her in the crowd when they both exited the train, and set up a website dedicated to finding her, Reuters reports. Thanks to a citywide outpouring of interest, the woman has now been identified. More »

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      New York City  • website  • romance  • love  • public transportation  • Brooklyn  • subway

    • London Police Blasted in Subway Killing

      Guardian (UK)  |  Nov 1, 07 3:59 PM CDT

      London Police Blasted in Subway Killing

      (Newser) - London police were found guilty today of fatal misconduct in the 2005 subway killing of an innocent Brazilian. The force will have to pay roughly $1.17 million for breaking safety rules and endangering the public. Officers shot the victim seven times in the head after mistaking him for a terrorist who'd failed to set off a bomb one day earlier. More »

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      terrorism  • London  • Gordon Brown  • Brazil  • subway  • guilty

  • August 2007

    • Gov. Blames Poor Drainage for NYC Mess

      New York Times  |  Aug 8, 07 8:50 PM CDT

      Gov. Blames Poor Drainage for NYC Mess

      (Newser) - An inadequate drainage system and little advance warning left New York City transit vulnerable to this morning's powerful storm, Gov. Eliot Spitzer said. The New York Times reports that today's transit meltdown, which disabled or delayed every city subway line and snarled the morning commute, was the third such debilitating event in seven months. More »

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      New York City  • Eliot Spitzer  • weather  • flood  • power outage  • subway  • transit

    • Flooding Halts NYC Mass Transit

      New York Times  |  Aug 8, 07 11:01 AM CDT

      Flooding Halts NYC Mass Transit

      (Newser) - New York City public transportation ground to a standstill early this morning after violent thunderstorms tore up trees, damaged cars, and flooded underground train tracks, halting or delaying every single subway line, reports the New York Times . Flights at all three major airports in the metropolitan area were pushed back or canceled. More »

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      New York City  • weather  • storm  • flooding  • public transportation  • subway  • transit

  • April 2007

    • Charges Filed in London Bombings

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 6, 07 8:02 AM CDT

      Charges Filed in London Bombings

      (Newser) - Three men have been charged in the July 7, 2005 bombings of the London mass-transit system. The suspects, Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem, and Mohammed Shakil, are accused of conspiring with the terrorists who blew themselves up in the tube and on a bus, killing 52. Surveillance cameras recorded the men doing what authorities believe was reconnaissance or a dry run. More »

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      Great Britain  • terrorism  • London  • bombing  • subway  • transit  • london transit attacks

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