Difficult safety questions are facing the Richmond city bus system GRTC Transit System after it fired a driver accused of negligently killing a pedestrian. The pedestrian, Loucendia Reed Lambert, died Sept. 30 as she crossed a street in downtown Richmond when a GRTC Transit System bus made a right turn, striking and killing her. The…
New bus routes, expanded ferry services and a construction new light rail system top the list of HRT’s impressive accomplishments for 2009. Tidewater’s public transportation agency will also soon be moving into a new headquarters complex in down town Norfolk. As Hampton Roads Transit makes these needed advances, my colleague John C. notes in his…
A first-of-its-kind analysis of how many people are killed or seriously each year by aviation accidents in United was published in the journal Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine on Dec. 1. The summary of findings from the press release announcing publication of the data is worth quoting at length because the details indicate that injuries…
A Washington DC Metro train slammed into a parked Metro train while heading towards the West Falls Church station. As a result, three employees were injured. It’s only been six months since the worst accident in DC Metro history which resulted in nine fatalities and over 60 serious injuries. In addition, it’s only been about…
The Internet exploded late last week with news of a crash involving one of the tour buses for teen idol Miley Cyrus. Understandably, the lede in most stories about the crash was that the young singer and sitcom star was not in the bus when it ran off 1-85 near Dinwiddie, Virginia (VA), south of…