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Commute Should Be Back To Normal This Morning As Wreck Site Is Cleared
The Hartford CourantMetro-North and Amtrak said their trains will run normal weekday schedules on Wednesday morning, for the first time since a Metro-North train derailed near the Fairfield border on Friday and crashed into a train on the adjacent track. Regular service...Tags: Amtrak, Grand Central Terminal, Transportation Industry, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Metro-North To Resume Full Service Wednesday, Partial Service Tuesday
The Hartford Courant— Traffic was heavy again Tuesday morning as commuters endured one more day without rail service from Bridgeport into New York. At least one backup plan — commuters boarding buses to get to a train — was working, albeit slowly. There...Tags: Middletown, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Stratford, Railway Accidents, Amtrak
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Shell feared disaster days before Alaska rig grounding: official
ReutersANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Days before a Shell drillship went aground in the storm-tossed Gulf of Alaska, it was clear that towing failures could spell disaster for the vessel, the crew and the marine environment, a company official told a U.S. Coast...Tags: Interior Policy, ConocoPhillips, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Politics
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David Zwick: Lowering alcohol limit makes sense
The National Transportation Safety Board recently recommended all 50 states reduce the legal blood alcohol limit for driving from the existing .08 to .05. Their reasoning is the level is too high and leaves some drivers still impaired even though they are...Tags: Mardi Gras, Criminals, Transportation Industry
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Shell feared disaster days before Alaska rig grounding -official
ReutersBy Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 20 (Reuters) - Days before a Shell drillship went aground in the storm-tossed Gulf of Alaska, it was clear that towing failures could spell disaster for the vessel, the crew and the marine environment, a company...Tags: Interior Policy, ConocoPhillips, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Coast Guard
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Metro-North Train Crash Highlights Infrastructure Need
On Friday evening at rush hour, two Metro-North railroad trains, one heading east out of Grand Central Terminal in New York City, the other heading west out of New Haven toward the Big Apple, approached each other on parallel tracks near Bridgeport. In...Tags: Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Highway Transportation, Westport, Amtrak, New York City
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Fake prom crash brings home lesson of drinking and driving
Beneath a cloudless blue sky, a simulated fatal car crash was depicted in horrifying detail at Lake Zurich High School. The deadly post-prom tragedy included a lifeless teenage girl wearing a blood-splattered dress splayed over the hood of a...
Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Motorvehicle Accidents, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Academy of Pediatrics
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Officials warn of commuter chaos from Connecticut derailment
ReutersBRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) - Thousands of Connecticut commuters should brace for travel chaos on Monday as Metro-North workers repair damage on the United States' busiest rail line caused by the collision of two trains, officials warned on Sunday....Tags: Politics, Stamford, Government, Amtrak, Railway Accidents
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NTSB: Trains were moving 70 mph before Connecticut collision
About 30,000 commuters in Connecticut and New York braced for a sluggish trek to work on Monday -- and for the rest of the week -- as officials continued to investigate why two trains slammed into each other in Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday evening. An...
Tags: Connecticut Department of Transportation, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Railway Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, New York City
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Damaged trains being removed from wreck site
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Commuter trains damaged in a crash in Connecticut were being removed Sunday in the first step to making repairs and restoring service, the agency that runs Metro-North said. Aaron Donovan, spokesman for the Metropolitan...
Tags: Amtrak, Railway Accidents, Grand Central Terminal, New York City, South Norwalk
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Memorial Day weekend sure to pose traffic headaches
As Memorial Day weekend approaches, expect traffic jams throughout Hampton Roads which is teeming full of veterans and tourists. In previous years, Memorial Day weekend has been a reliable time for clogged traffic at the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, I-64,...Tags: Minor League Baseball, Road Transportation, Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Trips and Vacations, Transportation
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Investigators examine fractured rail in Connecticut train crash
ReutersBRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) - A fractured segment of track has been found on the rail line of a Metro-North passenger train from New York that derailed in Connecticut and struck another commuter train, injuring more than 70 people, investigators...Tags: FBI, Politics, Government, Amtrak, Executive Branch
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