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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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subway stories: 31 news summaries

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More Riders, Pricier Fuel Stress Out Transit Agencies

Diesel expenses eat up shrinking budgets even as commuters abandon cars

May 30, 08 4:29 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 London Mayor Bans
 Subway Boozing 

End of the line for lushes

May 29, 08 6:40 AM CDT
(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 • subway • ban • London Tube • Boris Johnson • London Transport • public drinking • London Underground

 Chicago Train Derails 

No deaths, 14 injuries in elevated train mishap on South Side

May 28, 08 12:39 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Moscow Subway
 Is a K9 Kingdom 

Stray dogs grow ever more comfortable with life in the capital

May 20, 08 12:47 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Russia • subway • Moscow • dog • animal

 High Gas Prices
 Fuel Transit Boom 

Mass transit winning converts across the country as gas price soars

May 10, 08 6:10 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

French Rail Workers Strike

Utility workers, teachers, civil servants plan strikes too; Sarkozy vows to fight

Nov 13, 07 8:02 PM CST
(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... More »

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

NY Romeo Finds His Subway Juliet Online

City rallied to track down mystery woman glimpsed on train car

Nov 9, 07 10:28 AM CST
(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... More »

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

London Police Blasted in Subway Killing

'05 shooting of innocent mistaken for terrorist endangered public

Nov 1, 07 3:59 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Gov. Blames Poor Drainage for NYC Mess

Torrential rains led to 'total outage' of transit system, Spitzer says

Aug 8, 07 8:50 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Flooding Halts NYC Mass Transit

Aug 8, 07 11:01 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Charges Filed in London Bombings

Three men charged with conspiracy
in 2005 tube and bus attacks

Apr 6, 07 8:02 AM CDT
(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... More »

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terrorism • London • subway • transit • london transit attacks • bombing • Peter Clarke • Britain

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