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Judge Stephen G. Milliken was waiting at the Gallery Place Metro station for a train Thursday morning when a youth snacked his iPhone from his hand. The D.C. Superior Court judge isn’t alone in having his electronic device stolen. Metro Transit Police said they’ve seen a spike in “snatch-and-grab” robberies of iPhones and similar devices. “We’ve had a great increase in the snatching of iPhones and iPads over the last couple of years, not just here but in transit systems across the country,” Metro Transit Police Chief Michael Taborn said.

Travelers are exposed to all sorts of indignities on the road, but the rude service employees they encounter along the way seem to trump most other in-transit frustrations, a new survey finds.

A judge ruled late Wednesday that the M.T.A. did not follow proper procedure in the layoffs of 475 station agents, and she ordered a hearing for Thursday morning.

Major transit agencies beefed up security as a precaution Monday following the suicide bombing in Moscow's subway system.

Philadelphia transit officials say a rail worker has been struck and killed by a regional train, snarling commutes into the city ...

Commuters biked, walked, juggled carpool schedules and hitched rides as a strike ground the city's transit system to a near halt for a second day Wednesday, a morning rush worsened when a regional rail train caught fire....

Authorities revealed that an American - charged with providing information to al-Qaida on the New York transit system and attacking a U.S. military base in Afghanistan - has been a secret witness in the fight against terror both here and overseas.