CCTV: Man falls onto tracks, gets robbed and run over by train

A drunk, middle-aged man survives after falling off an underground platform on to the train tracks in Sweden. The only witness jumped down on the track to steal the man’s valuables. Then he climbed back up on the platform and left his victim to be hit by a train. The man survived, but was seriously injured and had to amputate half his left foot. Swedish police now hope that surveillance [...]

Subway Conductor Stops Rush Hour Train To Save Little Girl’s Stuffed Bunny On Tracks

BOSTON (CBS) – MBTA workers sprung into action on Wednesday to rescue a little girl’s close friend, who had fallen onto the tracks.

Casey and Michelle Carey-Brown’s 3-year-old daughter Roozle said her beloved stuffed animal bunny, Nummy, was nervous about riding the T.

While on their journey Wednesday, the four all rode one stop on the Orange Line from Stony Brook to Green Street. While getting off thetrain, Nummy’s worst fears were realized [...]

A Dark Corner Of America

A lot of pictures. And stories.

A Dark Corner of America: Photographs Show Philadelphia’s Seedy, Drug-Fueled Underbelly And Its Inhabitants’ Struggle To Survive(April 27, 2012)
“It’s been described as the street of lost souls and forgotten dreams. On Philadelphia’s Kensington Avenue, the desperation is palpable. Drug addicts and prostitutes take shelter under elevated train tracks that run three miles into the far northeast of the city, in a run-down neighbourhood that has become [...]

Republicans Must Stop Putting The Tea Party Ahead Of America’s Economy

Washington, D.C. – Nevada Senator Harry Reid spoke on the Senate floor today regarding the transportation jobs bill and legislation to repeal subsidies for big oil companies raking in record profits. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery:

Tens of thousands of bridges and millions of miles of roadways across the country are in a state of disrepair.

But, rather than putting Americans to work fixing those roads and bridges – and repairing [...]

PayPal vice-president dies after being hit by commuter train

A top PayPal executive has been killed after being hit by a commuter train as he stood on the tracks in California.

The body of Eric Salvatierra, 39, PayPal’s vice-president and a married father of three, was identified Sunday by San Mateo County coroner’s investigators.

The train’s operator Caltrain said Mr Salvatierra was standing on the northbound tracks on Friday morning in Menlo Park when hit.

An investigation is underway as authorities try [...]

Man, 81, pushed onto train tracks in iPhone theft

An 81-year-old man was shoved onto the tracks at a Brooklyn elevated subway station after he chased a teen who stole his iPhone, authorities said yesterday.

The victim was waiting for a J train at the Lorimer Street station in Williamsburg at about 11:45 a.m. Friday when a young punk grabbed his smartphone and took off, cops said.

When the man started running after him, his accomplice shoved him onto the tracks, [...]

$294 billion shortfall for transportation over next decade (CA); 20 Italian Politicians Mull Leaving Berlusconi’s Party

News for 11/06/2011

Alarming state report predicts $294 billion shortfall for transportation over next decade (California)

“California faces a staggering $293.8 billion shortfall over the next decade to maintain its crumbling roads, outdated freeways and cash-strapped transit agencies.

The California Transportation Commission’s first review of state transportation needs since 1999 paints a scenario through 2020 that is beyond bleak and suggests that today’s jammed and pothole-riddled roadways may one day seem like the [...]