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Americans' Growing Ride of Choice: Public Transit

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:30:01 CDT

If you think the subway has felt extra crowded lately, you likely aren't imagining things: Americans are hopping on public transportation more often, according to a new report out today, with the number of bus and train passengers last year reaching its second highest level since 1957. Nationwide, transit ridership...

Cop Shoots NYC Subway Groper

Rob Quinn — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:18:06 CST

A New York City subway rider accused of groping the buttocks of two teens ended up with a bullet in the lower back after grappling with an off-duty cop. The officer confronted the man at a Harlem station after two young women, a 13-year-old and an 18-year-old, said they had...

Subway Perv Nailed Thanks to Cell Phone Pic: Cops

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:50:00 CST

A New York groper was nabbed after his feisty victim grappled with him, then chased him into a subway car to snap his photo with her cell phone, cops said. “I punched him with my left hand,” recalled 22-year-old Shyane Dejesus, a City College senior who said passers-by ignored her...

Shanghai Subway Collision Injures More Than 260

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:48:01 CDT

More than 260 people were injured today when two subway trains collided in central Shanghai, a government official says. Most of the wounds were bruises and bone fractures, and none were critical, Reuters reports, but one passenger says that “blood was everywhere."

Women Brawl, Baby Rolls Out Subway Door

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 05:00:00 CDT

Things got more than a little chaotic in a New York City subway car this week when a brawl broke out between two women—and the baby of one of them rolled out the door in a stroller. "Yo, the baby, the baby!" one man can be heard shouting on...

Woman Faints Onto Subway Tracks, Killed by Train

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:40:00 CDT

A woman apparently fainted on the platform in a hot, humid Manhattan subway station and tumbled onto the tracks, where she was struck and killed by a train. "It was terrible. I was in shock," a witness told the New York Daily News . Fatoumata Diallo, 21, fell just as a...

Belarus Subway Blast Kills 11

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:51:39 CDT

An explosion tore through a key subway station in the Belarusian capital of Minsk during evening rush hour today killing 11 people and wounding 126. An official said the blast was a terrorist act. "I do not rule out that this gift could have been brought from outside," President Alexander...

Subway Blast Kills 7 in Belarus

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:35:05 CDT

An explosion tore through a key subway station in the Belarusian capital of Minsk during evening rush hour today, killing seven and wounding 50 others, officials said. An AP reporter at the scene saw heavily wounded people being carried out of the Oktyabrskaya subway station, which within 100 meters of...

Subway Hero to Sue Police

Kevin Spak — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:50:05 CDT

Police were probably pretty pleased with Joseph Lozito when he helped them tackle alleged killer Maksim Gelman on a New York City subway last month, but he’s not happy with them. Lozito says he’s suing the city and the police, accusing officers of initially retreating to the conductor’s cabin, leaving...