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7+ hour shut-down after Portland streetcar hit by truck

COMMUTER CHAOS STORY 7+ hour shut-down after Portland streetcar hit by truck FROM: Portland, Oregon – September 5, 2018 For the second time this year, a Portland streetcar was derailed off of tracks in downtown Portland. According to The Oregonian, KOIN and others, the streetcar was derailed just after 3:30PM after a truck collided with […]

Commuter chaos: Crash shuts down Portland MAX LRT during PM rush hour

COMMUTER CHAOS STORY Crash shuts down Portland MAX LRT during PM rush hour FROM: Portland, Oregon – July 19, 2018 Just yesterday, Portland’s MAX light rail system was disrupted during the afternoon rush hour after a collision between a MAX LRT train and a truck on the Portland’s Steel Bridge. If a similar incident had […]

Commuter chaos: Accidents disrupt Calgary’s C-Train LRT 3 times in 5 days

COMMUTER CHAOS STORY Accidents disrupt Calgary’s C-Train LRT 3 times in 5 days FROM: Calgary, Alberta – July 18, 2018 Within the last few days, Calgary’s C-Train LRT system has been shut down 3 times as a result of accidents between light rail trains and other vehicles or pedestrians. These incidents disrupted portions of the C-Train […]

Commuter chaos: Crash shuts down light rail line to Scotland’s busiest airport

Light Rail service to Scotland’s busiest airport has been shut down for more than 24 hours due to an collision that has let a bus driver seriously injured.

Commuter chaos: Crash halts light rail in Downtown Jersey City for 2.5 hours

COMMUTER CHAOS STORY Crash halts light rail in Downtown Jersey City for 2.5 hours FROM: Jersey City, New Jersey – June 10, 2018 Light Rail commuters in Downtown Jersey City faced major disruptions to service after a light rail train collided with a vehicle on a busy segment of Jersey City’s Hudson-Bergen Light Rail. An […]

Commuter chaos: Sacramento’s light rail shut down for 4+ hours following crash

COMMUTER CHAOS STORY Sacramento’s light rail shut down for 4+ hours following crash FROM: Sacramento, California – June 7, 2018 Light Rail commuters in Sacramento faced major disruptions to service after a light rail train collided with a cyclist on Sacramento’s busiest RT Light Rail line. An incident like this would cause major commuter chaos […]

Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT to increase transit use by less than 1%

MEDIA RELEASE Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT to increase transit use by less than 1% FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 28, 2018 – Surrey, BC New numbers released by TransLink and the Surrey Light Rail team have essentially confirmed that the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT will be the most expensive mistake in the region’s history. For $1.65 billion, the Surrey-Newton-Guildford […]

Surrey LRT rendering photoshops out traffic congestion

MEDIA RELEASE Surrey LRT rendering photoshops out traffic congestion FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 6, 2018 – Surrey, BC A recently updated rendering of the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT omits the serious increase in traffic congestion that would be caused by the reduction of 104 Avenue’s travel lanes. The rendering shows a pair of LRT trains traveling […]

Commuter chaos: Portland streetcar shut down for entire day after streetcar derails in crash

COMMUTER CHAOS STORY Portland streetcar lines shut down for entire day after streetcar derails in crash FROM: Portland, Oregon – May 25, 2018 Portland’s streetcar system was put through a full-day shutdown after a collision knocked a streetcar off of the tracks and into multiple other vehicles. If a similar incident had occurred along one of […]

Commuter chaos: Fatal collision shuts down Calgary’s C-Train LRT

Calgary’s C-Train LRT system suffered a major disruption in both directions after a light rail train struck and killed a pedestrian.