#transportation-safety

#transportation-safety

The legislation addresses a critical gap in Federal transit safety regulations by establishing clear executive authority within public transit agencies for rider and operator safety.

It is awful and unacceptable that 10 people were murdered in the subway system in 2024. Convert that to the standard way of measuring mortality risk, deaths per 100,000 population, and the risk for someone who rode the subway 500 times in 2024 is 0.4 in 100,000. The risk of being murdered underground is ... orders of magnitude less than the risk of dying from a traffic accident elsewhere in the U.S.

"Roads are for safety, not political messages or artwork," Duffy wrote in a letter to governors this month.

In her July 9 decision, Judge Carolyn Walker-Diallo said the administration's reasons behind removing the lane were 'rational,' since it will be replaced with a traditional non-protected bike lane.

Subway surfing continues to be a dangerous trend, prompting a campaign featuring illustrated stories to discourage this activity among youth.

Advocates are appalled that Mayor Adams, who always calls himself a cyclist, would lean so heavily into the bikelash.

The train was running late and the driver misinterpreted a warning board, leading to the crash that derailed the train and caused fatalities.

The White House has removed Alvin Brown as vice chair of the NTSB amid a series of dismissals from independent agencies by President Trump.