Word: transit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...drug testing of almost every airline pilot, railroad engineer and truck driver in the U.S., a total of 4 million non-Government transportation workers. Rejecting widespread concerns about the constitutionality of such a move, the Transportation Department last week announced plans to require companies and municipalities involved in the transit business to begin testing their employees in December 1989. The ; workers will be screened for marijuana, cocaine, opiates, amphetamines and phencyclidine (PCP). Said Transportation Secretary James Burnley: "The American people demand and expect a drug-free transportation system...
...representing airline pilots and independent truckers, citing the unreliability of drug tests, said immediately that they would challenge the legality of the Government's order. Another issue is the cost of administering the tests: $2 billion over ten years, which must be borne by private industry and local mass-transit authorities. They will face fines of up to $20,000 for each instance of failing to comply. The cost is modest, argues Burnley, compared with the estimated $8.7 billion that would be lost in the same period because of accidents, absenteeism and medical-insurance bills created by illegal drug...
...resistant to an insurance revolt. Cushioned by strong no-fault plans in some states and, frequently, less crowded highways, Midwesterners have among the lowest auto premiums in the country. Even motorists in such cities as Cleveland and Chicago have lower rates than their counterparts elsewhere. Chicago has extensive mass transit, for one thing, and the city's drivers tend to file fewer lawsuits than drivers in Boston or Los Angeles...
Thompson now works as a safety specialist in the Cambridge school department. Graham press secretary Michael J. Albano also says Thompson works for the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority affirmative action office at night...
...state of Massachusetts and the federal government spent more than $11 million to completely renovate the underground subway station. In addition to providing subway riders with expanded train platforms, the MBTA also improved surface transit by restructuring the bus stop area along Western Avernue. Bus riders now enjoy benches and weather protection in Central Square...