Castonguay : Transport and Traveling: 2009

Several Sound Transit Link light rail trains sit on the tracks at the Operations and Maintenance Facility, while another, makes a test run in Seattle, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. The new light rail line, running from downtown Seattle to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, is scheduled to open to the public on Saturday, July 18, 2009. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Janet Jensen)

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Five killed as Delhi subway track collapses
http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/News/Article.aspx?id=1035773

A small jet sits in a ditch shorlty after takeoff at CFB Trenton, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Chris Barber/MyNews.CTV.ca

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2008 file photo, the wreckage of a Continental Airlines jet sits in a ravine at the Denver International Airport.. The plane veered off a runway while trying to take off on Saturday, Dec. 20. The National Transportation Safety Board is scheduled to release a report about the accident on Friday, July 17. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, pool, File)

A fitting tribute: A pilot takes off in his small plane from Boundary Bay airport as part of the Century Flight in Delta, B.C., on Friday. More than 100 small planes took off from suburban Vancouver airports Friday for a cross-country journey to mark the centennial of flight in Canada.

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Transport operators close ranks: Extend deadline or face strike
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Transport-operators-close-ranks--Extend-deadline-or-face-strike/491279

Les services d'urgence ont eu de nombreuses personnes à transporter à l'hôpital.
© AP Photo/Lance Iversen

New museum, hard work of volunteers keep cherished history of streetcars intact

Ron lawson, a volunteer for the Edmonton Radial Railway Society, will punch tickets and shuttle passengers across the High Level Bridge all summer long.
Photograph by: Brian Gavriloff, The Journal, Edmonton Journal

Un bateau à moteur est entré en collision avec un voilier à la hauteur de Pointes-Aux-Trembles.
© Agence QMI/Charles Paquette

The Exit Strategy NYC application lets users know exactly which subway car they should ride in order to exit exactly where they need to be. Users can experience a more convenient ride in the subway system, thanks to this application. Users can plan where to stand according to the information offered and thus shorten their trip.

Photo: adrimcm/Flickr

Investigators from the Transportation Safety Board and the RCMP confer at the crash site in Richmond, B.C. (Canadian Press)

Investigators and officials look over the collision scene of two Metro transit trains in Northeast Washington Photo: AP

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D.C. subway stations reopen for rush hours

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/06/25/dc-subway-crash-reopen025.html

The manager of a vital community transport service says he fears the future of his workforce is hanging in the balance.

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Italy train explosion: 15 dead in gas blast after derailment
(With amateur footage video)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/5696031/Italy-train-explosion-15-dead-in-gas-blast-after-derailment.html

14 killed as gas train explodes in town inferno
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/13-killed-as-gas-train-explodes-in-town-1724728.html

It is time for the government to rethink its airline tax regime.

Tom Prendergast from Translink.

Another delay to the production of the 787 Dreamliner is a setback for Boeing

The Obama administration now estimates it will need $20 billion in new savings or revenues to shore up the finances for the highway trust fund until after the 2010 elections. Photo: Reuters