Federal and local officials celebrated the opening of the first phase of the SunRail commuter rail line, which proponents say will significantly expand transit options and connect thousands of residents to jobs and other economic opportunities throughout Central Florida.
Mineta Transportation Institute’s (MTI) security experts Brian Michael Jenkins and Bruce Butterworth offerinsight into the history of these kinds of transit attacks based on data collected in MTI’s proprietary database on surface transportation attacks around the world.
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Passenger rail service is “indispensable to helping the United States meet our national goals of competitiveness, job creation and economic growth,” Amtrak President and CEO Joe Boardman said last week.
The federal government is giving $886 million to help the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) continue rebuilding and replacing transportation equipment and facilities damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.