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… ...

Regular riders of public buses are familiar with the stop cord. It’s a cord or a bar, or sometimes a button, that any rider can pull/push at any time to stop the bus. The idea is that if there’s an ...

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.

Another simple tool hack to secure your garage? Put a zip tie on your garage door.If the garage door trolley (which the emergency pull cord hangs from) has small holes on the trolley base and the ...

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 ...

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 ...