NYC transit talks halted after long negotiations
NYC transit talks halted after long negotiations — Subways and buses continued to run this morning as the transit workers’ union and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority took a break from negotiations early today without saying whether they had made significant progress in their effort to avert a transit strike. (The New York Times)
A wintry mix of misery across East — Much of the Northeast was under a winter storm warning Friday as freezing rain, sleet and snow made roadways dangerous. (CNN)
Jet’s thrust reversers came on late — The Southwest Airlines jet that skidded off a Chicago runway last week sped for thousands of feet during a critical 18 seconds when thrust reversers did not operate, investigators said Thursday. (USA Today)
Report: Airline ignored risks — Chicago and Southwest Airlines for years have “carelessly ignored†the risks of short runways and insufficient over-run areas at Midway Airport, an expert on transportation disasters said Wednesday in a report on last week’s fatal accident. (Chicago Tribune)
Katrina-destruction bus tours spark controversy — For $35 per person — $28 for children — a New Orleans company is offering bus tours of some of the city’s most misery-stricken spots, including the Superdome, the Convention Center and neighborhoods ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. (AP)
Southwest to sell DFW tickets through ATA — Southwest Airlines has long said it wasn’t interested in serving Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, but the low-cost carrier announced Thursday that it would sell seats on ATA Airlines flights between DFW and Chicago. (AP)
Frontier considers service to Canada — First came touchdown in the warm resort cities of Mexico. Now Frontier Airlines is looking north to snowy Canada. The low-cost discount carrier is researching the possibility of expanding service to Canada. (AP)
Train rides thrill kids on ‘Polar Express’ — On the North Pole Express, like their counterparts on Christmastime tourist trains across the country, children are romping in the aisles, shaking their silver bells and itching for a glimpse of Santa Claus. (AP)
Two tourists hacked to death near Mexican resort — Two European tourists, a Spaniard and an Italian, were discovered hacked to death this week along the main coastal highway between Cancún and the resort town of Tulum, the authorities said. (The New York Times)
NYC transit union calls selective strike — New York City’s transit union called a selective strike against two private bus lines Friday, after a night of bargaining failed to produce a deal involving 33,000 subway and bus workers. (AP)
Judge rules Aloha airlines can terminate pensions — A federal judge on Thursday upheld Aloha Airlines’ effort to jettison its worker pension plans, rejecting an appeal by the federal pension agency that could have derailed the airline’s exit from bankruptcy. (AP)
Cruise safety in spotlight — The unsolved disappearance of a Connecticut honeymooner has prompted a congressional call for more scrutiny of cruise ship safety and crime. (USA Today)
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