British Airlines jet left L.A. for London with one downed engine (USA Today)

A British Airways jumbo jet that left Los Angeles International Airport en route to London continued on the 5,400-mile trip after ...

Operator of Subway Shuttle Overshoots End of Track

Transit officials said the shuttle's operator lost control of the four-car train, which runs the shortest route in the 722-mile system.

S Train Derailment...And Surprise Arrests

Yesterday, an S shuttle train that was running from Times Square to Grand Central derailed when it ran into a bumper at the end of the track. Authorities are unsure whether the conductor "had fallen asleep, fainted or otherwise lost consciousness." The accident occured at...

Chunks of material fall from Central Artery tunnel ceiling

Adding a new headache to the trouble-plagued Big Dig, chunks of ''spray-on fireproofing" dislodged last night and fell from a steel girder on the ceiling of the Central Artery's southbound tunnel into a breakdown lane near the Government Center exit, officials said.

Commuters ride train in midst of fire (Boston Globe)

Illinois Commuters ride train in midst of fire

Services disrupted by train fire (BBC News)

A discarded cigarette butt causes a fire on a train, disrupting services between Birmingham and Coventry.

Engine trouble spurs emergency landing (New Haven Register)

NEW HAVEN — A US Airways plane carrying 30 people made an emergency landing at Tweed New Haven Regional Airport Wednesday evening after experiencing engine trouble while en route from New York to Portland, Maine, authorities said.

Derailment forces Via passengers to take bus between Montreal and Quebec City...

MONTREAL (CP) - Via Rail Canada's passenger service between Montreal and Quebec City was disrupted Thursday because of a freight train derailment. Via put on buses for passengers in both directions.

The Future of Transit in Toronto?

Could you imagine how nice it would be if Toronto's Transit system looked like this? Very much a pipe dream, but I would definitely drive less if the city was this accessible. [snagged from A Modern Lover]

MTA Opens Up West Side Railyards to Bidding

Somewhere, Adam Smith is smiling: The MTA has decided to offer up West Side railyards to competitive bidding, possibly thwarting the City's efforts to put a West Side Jets Stadium there. But this doesn't mean a free-for-all with the bidding: The MTA says that any other...

Subway Disruption: 2 and 5

NY1 says that the 2 and 5 train service is disrupted by a three-alarm fire in the Bronx. While service is suspended between the East 149th Street and East 180th Street stations, Gothamist wonders what havoc this might wreak on the evening commute. The fire is not in the...

Token Booth Closings Start in April

The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks...

Getting Ready For the Metrocard Fare Hike

Unlimited Metrocard fares go up near the end of the month (Sunday, February 27), and the MTA is giving riders a grace period with cards bought at pre-2005 fare hike prices. But not too much of a grace period, so people won't really be able to hoard cards: - Weekly...

BREAKING: Subway Delays No Longer "Unavoidable"

The New York City subway has sliced the word "unavoidable" from the announcement, "We apologize for the unavoidable delay." Ben Smith's sublime NYC politics blog The Politicker reports, "We're not sure if this represents a change in the way New York City Transit views the...

Montreal transit boss defends subway (The Globe and Mail)

Montreal — Montreal's transit system is one of the safest in the world, its president said yesterday, denying that violent crimes on the subway have gone unreported amid a turf war between police and transit security agents.