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Heavy Traffic, But Metro-North Commuting Plan Went Smoothly
The Hartford Courant— Traffic was heavy and trains ran a few minutes late, but the plan to move thousands of workers around crippled rail lines in Bridgeport went smoothly during Monday's commute. A derailment and crash on Friday evening injured more than 70 people...Tags: Hamden (New Haven, Connecticut), Middletown, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Railway Transportation, Railway Accidents
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Blowing the limit: Move to lower blood-alcohol content threshold has pros, cons
Bristol Herald Courier, Va.A federal safety commission wants states to get tougher on alcohol-related crashes and fatalities by lowering a blood-alcohol content threshold that has changed only twice in 35 years. One local lawmaker says changing the current .08 level to .05...Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Bristol (Bristol, Virginia), Transportation Industry, Virginia General Assembly, Long Island
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Push for lowering DUI limit gets mixed reactions
Highlands Today, Sebring, Fla.For Jackie Walker, there's no question whether the blood alcohol content level to determine driving under the influence should be lowered. "I think anybody who has a beer shouldn't get behind the wheel," Walker said, as she walked along Sebring's...Tags: NBC (tv network), Transportation Industry
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BRIEF: 2 killed in plane crash -- GPS led to wreckage
The Sacramento BeeTwo people in a single- engine airplane died early Sunday when their aircraft crashed near Auburn Municipal Airport, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Department. At 12:30 a.m., the sheriff's office received a call from the California Office of...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Industry, Accidental Death, Transportation Accidents
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Officials warn of commuter chaos from Connecticut derailment
ReutersBRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) - Thousands of Connecticut commuters should brace for travel chaos on Monday as Metro-North workers repair damage on the United States' busiest rail line caused by the collision of two trains, officials warned on Sunday....Tags: Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Connecticut Department of Transportation, Executive Branch, Railway Transportation, Traffic
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NTSB: Trains were moving 70 mph before Connecticut collision
About 30,000 commuters in Connecticut and New York braced for a sluggish trek to work on Monday -- and for the rest of the week -- as officials continued to investigate why two trains slammed into each other in Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday evening. An...
Tags: Connecticut Department of Transportation, Transportation Industry, New York City, Railway Accidents, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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Damaged trains being removed from wreck site
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Commuter trains damaged in a crash in Connecticut were being removed Sunday in the first step to making repairs and restoring service, the agency that runs Metro-North said. Aaron Donovan, spokesman for the Metropolitan...
Tags: Connecticut Department of Transportation, Railway Transportation, New York City, Mount Vernon, Railway Accidents
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San Jose Mercury News Mr. Roadshow column
San Jose Mercury NewsQ Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or MADD, has been inundated with inquiries about lowering the legal blood alcohol limit for drunken driving from 0.08 percent to 0.05 percent, which is the legal limit in much of Europe and which last week was proposed...Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Transportation Industry, Drunk Driving, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Lower legal limit for alcohol debated
The Leader-TelegramA proposal by the National Transportation Safety Board to reduce the legal limit for alcohol consumption by motorists to .05 has tavern owners worrying the measure could stymie business. In a report issued Tuesday, NTSB officials noted more than 100...Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Laws, Transportation Industry, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs
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Police, prosecutor embrace proposed alcohol limits
St. Joseph News-Press, Mo.The question of "How many is too many?" may change if a National Transportation Safety Board's recommendation moves forward. The NTSB recommended last week that all states lower the legal limit for a driver's blood-alcohol content by more than a third,...Tags: Prosecution, Transportation Industry, Police Arrests, Justice System, Physiology
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Memorial Day weekend sure to pose traffic headaches
As Memorial Day weekend approaches, expect traffic jams throughout Hampton Roads which is teeming full of veterans and tourists. In previous years, Memorial Day weekend has been a reliable time for clogged traffic at the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, I-64,...Tags: Transportation, Hampton Roads, Busch Gardens Orlando, Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Holidays
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Party bus was operating illegally at time of fatal fall
The Kansas City StarA rolling bachelorette party had just gotten underway two weeks ago when the bus hit a bump rounding a curve, double doors flew open and passenger Jamie Frecks tumbled to her death beneath Interstate 35 traffic. Frecks and her 16 friends might never...Tags: National Government, Vehicles, Highway Transportation, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Transportation Accidents
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