Metrolink has begun installing Automatic Train Stop systems (ATS) at strategic points along its lines. The system is meant to stop a train that has blown through a signal. This was prompted, of course, by the Chatsworth Metrolink crash when the engineer ran a red signal and 25 people were killed. This system would do nothing, however, to prevent tragedies such as the Glendale crash, when a car is blocking the track.

Here is a Daily news article about the ATS.

Analysis of Metrolink Safety

I have been meaning to post this article from the LA Times for a few weeks. Sorry I am just getting to it. It primarily focuses on a couple of intersections that have been deemed chronically unsafe. It blasts Metrolink for not caring about the safety of its passengers, yet it also plugs the MTA as being more safety-conscious.

Click here to read the entire article.

Metrolink Settles Lawsuits in 2005 Glendale Crash

The Los Angeles Times reports that Metrolink has settled most of the lawsuits stemming from the Glendale crash. Click here to see article.