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CLEVELAND - UPDATE: All RTA trains are running again after a train fire injured about 15 people and shut down trains between the Triskett Station and East 55th Street. Passengers on the red line could still expect delays lasting until later Friday afternoon. The incident occurred Friday on a Regional Transit Authority train car. A spokeswoman for RTA said there were about 75 people on the train when the fire broke out just after noon at West 65th Street and Lorain Avenue. Those injured were transported to local hospitals with minor injuries, she said. RTA does not know how the...

THE Roads and Traffic Authority has proudly announced the success of a road safety program - for our State's native wildlife. To reduce the number of animals killed on NSW roads each year, the RTA has installed more than 200 animal crossings on NSW highways. Rather than wait for a break in the constant flow of traffic, native animals are using specifically built tunnels and bridges to cross roads. And some of Australia's favourite native creatures have been smiling for the cameras as they scurry by. A little possum was snapped crossing over a rope bridge that hangs above the...

RTA To Cut 30 Bus Routes, Help Riders Get To Polls POSTED: 7:42 pm EDT October 1, 2008 UPDATED: 11:49 am EDT October 2, 2008 CLEVELAND -- The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is cutting 30 bus routes. The cuts will start Nov. 2, which is two days before the presidential election. Congressmen are calling on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate RTA, saying the cuts will undermine a fair election. Riders are fuming about trying to find a ride to the polls. U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich agrees. "People have a right to vote," Kucinich said. "Their right to vote...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich is asking the U.S. Department of Transportation inspector general to investigate the Regional Transit Authority's Euclid Corridor project. Kucinich wants to investigate whether the RTA's budget shortfall is linked to the project. The RTA this week announced major cuts to bus routes and is also seeking to increase fares. Kucinich, a Democrat, represents Ohio's 10th Congressional District.