The third-rail system blamed by federal investigators for making the 2015 Valhalla train crash so deadly has its roots in another tragic crash 115 years ago — in which Westchester also played a ...

The UST uses steel or concrete rails, reinforced by hundreds of high-tension wires running through the middle of the rail, suspended above the ground on towers approximately 30 m apart. Unlike roads ...

Second generation Parallel Systems autonomous-electric rail vehicle. Vehicle is designed to carry cargo containers that might otherwise by transported by trucks or traditional freight trains. No ...

Five U.S. metros (Buffalo, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Jose) opened light rail systems in the 1980s to great fanfare. The mode offered many of the benefits of subway systems for far less ...

Prices at the pump are soaring but is it enough to get people out of their cars and into public transit to save money?