An overseas tip about an imminent bombing of the Metro Red Line’s Universal City station has forced federal and local law enforcement in Los Angeles to swiftly ramp up security across its sprawling transit system, authorities said Monday.
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In 1997, the last light rail station in Jersey City was finished on West Side Avenue. Since then, the city has added more than 30,000 residents and expanded further and further from the waterfront. Or rather, the Hudson River waterfront. Right now, there is a ton of construction, remediation, planning and developing planned along the Hackensack River on the west edge of the city.
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Japanese train builders are readying fuel-efficient, diesel-powered cars in anticipation of brisk demand both in Japan and abroad. Kawasaki Heavy Industries has devised a new train car equipped with a diesel power generator. Electricity from the engine moves the motor that turns the wheels, rather than the diesel engine propelling the wheels.
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Last time we spoke with L.A. County Metro CEO Phil Washington, we asked him about the delays and overcrowded cars that were plaguing the recently-opened Expo Line from Santa Monica to downtown L.A.
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Celebrating a milestone and an enhancement for rider convenience, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (L.A. Metro) today took delivery of the 50th Kinkisharyo International (KI) Model P3010 Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) and announced reduced headways on the Metro Expo Line from 12 minutes to six minutes.
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