1.   Another major subway construction project was given higher priority, and more financial backing, than many transit experts outside the MTA had expected.

2.   ABB has successfully bid for a range of power projects in China, as well as supplying equipment to the Shanghai and Guangzhou subway projects.

3.   Also last year a major department store collapsed in Seoul and a subway construction project blew up.

4.   But with MTA officials trying to salvage enough money to keep rail programs on track, others are clambering aboard the campaign against costly subway projects.

5.   Federal officials have resumed funding for the Metro Red Line subway project, citing steps taken by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to improve oversight of the troubled project.

6.   Hayden has criticized Riordan and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for its lagging subway project.

7.   In exchange, the transportation authority agreed to rebuild the field using soil excavated during the subway project, Healy said.

8.   Jerry Schneiderman, chairman of a group called Hollywood Damage Control and Recovery, said his group is constantly hearing about mishaps on the subway project.

9.   Like Los Angeles itself, the face of the subway project is Asian, Latino, African-American, white, male and female.

10.   Parsons was criticized for its oversight of the Los Angeles Metro subway project when a small stretch of the tunnel walls were found thinner than the contract allowed.