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International Transportation News
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Two maintenance staff working on elevated tracks in Singapore's mass transit system were hit and killed by a train Tuesday, an official said. It was a rare tragedy on a train system that has experienced a string of disruptions in recent years, denting the city-state's reputation for efficiency. The two workers, Nasrulhudin Najumudinand and Muhammad Asyraf Ahmad Buhari, were trainees who had worked for the company for two months, transit operator SMRT Corp. said.
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The U.S. Embassy in Brussels is recommending that Americans in Belgium stay where they are and avoid public transportation. The embassy noted Tuesday that with the threat rating in Brussels at its highest alert, attacks can take place with little or no notice. It urged U.S. citizens to monitor media reports, follow instructions from the authorities, and "take the appropriate steps to bolster your personal security."
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Progressive Railroading - March 22, 2016
MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) is preparing to rebuild two aging sections of the M rail line in Brooklyn and Queens. The project calls for replacing a metal bridge between the Fresh Pond Road and Middle Village-Metropolitan Avenue stations in Queens. A second section of construction will take place at a century-old concrete viaduct that carries the M line between the Myrtle Avenue and Central Avenue stations in Brooklyn. The reconstruction is aimed at ensuring that the deteriorating overpasses remain safe for travel, NYCT officials said in a press release.
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The Federal Transit Administration announced Monday it is doing a "safety blitz" and will look into three longstanding issues involving Metro. The FTA said it will investigate the issues over the next several weeks, and then plans to issue a final report by early summer that will include new safety measure the FTA wants Metro to take. One of the issues the FTA said it is looking into is the integrity of the Metrorail tracks. That issue made headlines last week, after a fire on metro tracks near the McPherson Square station led Metro's GM to decide to shut the entire system down for a day of safety inspections.
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On day of fatal shooting, Port Authority had one officer at the scene with training on how to recognize signs of mental illness. Officer Adams was the first to tussle with Bruce T. Kelley Jr., 37, who died later that afternoon under fire from Sgt. Brian O'Malley and another officer. Sgt. O'Malley, who did not have the training, was among the two highest-ranking officers working that shift. Lt. Nelson E. Mitchell Jr., who normally leads the afternoon shift and has the training, had the Sunday off. Noah Geary, an attorney who expects to file a lawsuit on behalf of Kelley's family, said the incident "was obviously a mental health issue, and if O'Malley and the other primary players here were not required to have that training, and didn't, and the training would have helped them to handle the situation better and not shoot him 12 times and kill him, that's right in the meat of the case."
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NJ Transit has low-emission diesel buses, compressed natural gas-fueled buses and hybrids in its fleet, but a reader asked if the agency has considered testing or buying electric buses. NJ Transit officials wouldn't have to go far to begin fact finding. New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority began testing all-electric buses in 2013 for use in Manhattan. That bus, manufactured by BYD Motors, was tested for two months, covering 1,481 miles in that time. It required charging every 30 hours and got an average 140 miles for each charge, which was done overnight, according to the MTA.
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I've said it before. While electric cars are cool, electric buses are awesome. So that must mean that double decker electric buses are pretty much amazing.
Londoners, at least, can now find out. The Independent reports that Transport for London has just launched what it believes to be the first fully electric double decker bus anywhere in the world. Built by BYD in China, the bus features 180 miles of range and will typically be charged at night. The move comes as part of a broader effort to radically slash air pollution in the UK capital. From the building of cycling superhighways (and a significant subsequent shift from driving to biking) to range-extended London cabs, significant groundwork is being laid to improve the city's air quality, reduce carbon emissions and the consumption of fossil fuels.
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