Read more subway stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/880/subway.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:25:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74475/nyc-targets-subway-gropers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSexual harassment is on the rise in the New York City subway system and city officials are cracking down on gropers and flashers. Sexual harassment is the "No. 1 quality of life offense on the subway," the chief of the NYPD's Transit Bureau told a hearing yesterday. The average age...http://www.newser.com/story/74475/nyc-targets-subway-gropers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 3:11:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72124/dubais-new-metro-a-surprise-social-leveler.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt may or may not alleviate massive traffic jams of Mercedes and Hummers, but Dubai's new metro system is definitely loosening up the Emirate's rigidly stratified society. “No velvet rope or electrified security gate to keep out the masses,” Tom Hundley writes. “Privileged Emiratis suddenly find themselves in the unfamiliar...http://www.newser.com/story/72124/dubais-new-metro-a-surprise-social-leveler.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 11:24:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69719/alleged-queens-terror-plot-eyed-nyc-travel-hub-source.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA major New York City transportation hub may have been the target of the suspected terror plot uncovered earlier this week in Queens, CNN reports. Sources close to the investigation say signs point to a potential attack on a large number of people in an area where security is minimal—...http://www.newser.com/story/69719/alleged-queens-terror-plot-eyed-nyc-travel-hub-source.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 6:25:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68998/dubai-unveils-gulfs-first-metro.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDubai yesterday opened its gleaming new $7.6 billion metro rail system, the first on the Arabian peninsula, AP reports. The sheikhdom's leaders hope the system will help clear Dubai's chronically traffic-clogged streets and provide some good press for the downturn-battered emirate. Each 5-car train on the driverless system has...http://www.newser.com/story/68998/dubai-unveils-gulfs-first-metro.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 1:26:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68826/brutal-commute-awaits-sf-as-bridge-remains-closed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn unexpected hiccup means the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will remain closed through tomorrow—and a potential nightmare commute for the 260,000 who use the span daily, the Contra Costa Times reports. The bridge was closed Thursday night so workers could replace a 300-foot section, but during the project...http://www.newser.com/story/68826/brutal-commute-awaits-sf-as-bridge-remains-closed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Sep 2009 20:00:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62819/ruth-madoff-rides-subway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRuth Madoff’s life has hit a new low—literally. It's subterranean: The New York Post spotted her on the subway yesterday, seated directly underneath an ad promoting 99-cent cellphones. The disgraced financier's wife, with gray-streaked hair and distinctly unfashionable attire, was not happy with the photographer, asking, “Are you having...http://www.newser.com/story/62819/ruth-madoff-rides-subway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Jun 2009 10:35:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62621/feds-had-told-dc-to-bench-crashed-train.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe subway train that plowed into another stopped train yesterday, killing nine people and injuring scores of others in Washington, was part of an aging fleet that federal officials had sought to phase out because of safety concerns, an investigator said today. The Metrorail transit system kept the old trains...http://www.newser.com/story/62621/feds-had-told-dc-to-bench-crashed-train.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 11:54:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62598/system-driver-error-suspected-in-dc-train-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagExperts suspect yesterday’s deadly subway collision in Washington was the result of both a system failure and human error, the Washington Post reports. The city’s trains are run by onboard computers, which should, theoretically, prevent trains from colliding. The system has failed once before, in 2005, but the operators hit...http://www.newser.com/story/62598/system-driver-error-suspected-in-dc-train-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 9:24:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62572/death-toll-in-dc-crash-reduced-to-7.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWashington, DC, officials have reduced the fatalities in yesterday's Metro crash to seven from the nine previously reported, reports AP. Mayor Adrian Fenty said officials are "going to let the investigation run its course" and that hopefully the number will not exceed seven by the end of the day. Fenty...http://www.newser.com/story/62572/death-toll-in-dc-crash-reduced-to-7.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 8:01:47 CDT