HOUSTON-Let the people decide, say light rail opponents. The opposition group has submitted petitions for a citywide referendum, sparking a debate as to the number of signatures needed to take the ...

The emergency cord isn’t for all emergencies. A rider on a Bronx-bound D train pulled the emergency cord Saturday after Gerardo Sanchez allegedly stabbed Dwight Johnson to death in an argumen… ...

The first instruction: “Do not pull the emergency cord.” So what emergency, exactly, does this emergency brake refer to? The explanation, transit officials say, is simple.

Train passengers using Greater Anglia services are being asked not to pull the emergency cord if there is a medical emergency on board. The rail operator have teamed up with the region’s ...

Commuters pull the emergency brake about 1,000 times per year when there is no clear emergency. In 2009, the agency recorded 15 instances in which straphangers pulled the cord to respond to an ...