News bites: Stuck in the mud

Your morning transportation speed-read:

A New York City subway construction worker was stuck in waist-deep mud while working on the city’s new Second Avenue line.

Washington, D.C.’s Metrorail subway system is considering removing carpets from its trains.

A Pennsylvania woman tried to stop trains from coming through her town by parking her car on railroad tracks.

An engineering group has given U.S. infrastructure a barely passing grade.

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