New York governor slams power outage and train disruption
Gov. Kathy Hochul reacted to her first major event after having been in office for a week.
Gov. Kathy Hochul reacted to her first major event after having been in office for a week.
The current tour of Union Pacific’s “Big Boy” locomotive is exciting rail enthusiasts and rail professionals across the country.
The NJ Transit Board of Directors this week approved a contract with HNTB Corporation of New York for the concept phase of the “Innovation Challenge” Meadowlands Transitway Project.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration today announced a notice of funding opportunity, making available nearly $362 million through its Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Grant Program.
Sound Transit crews working on the Federal Way Link Extension have reopened South 216th Street in Des Moines.
HDR has promoted two individuals in the transportation arena.
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District Four and Broward County are performing a PD&E Study for the Broward Commuter Rail (BCR) along the Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway from Aventura in Miami-Dade County to Deerfield Beach in Broward County.
With COVID-19 spiking again, several transit and rail passenger agencies have issued vaccination mandates for employees.
Due to scheduled rail replacement, Link light rail will experience service disruptions between Tukwila International Boulevard station and Rainier Beach station late evening Saturday, Aug. 21 and all day Sunday, Aug. 22.
Track replacement and other improvements are on schedule for completion by Aug. 29.
Last week, U.S. Transportation Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg led a news conference in Redmond to announce that U.S. DOT will approve expanded financing assistance for Sound Transit that will create more than $500 million in savings for regional taxpayers.
Funding for ten Kansas short line projects was awarded this week.
Carl Warren has been president and CEO of the North Carolina Railroad for one year. He was recently interviewed by his company to reflect on what’s happened during his first year in office. The interview is presented in this post.
A 32 year-old 11-year veteran MTA subway motorman allowed his girlfriend operate his train over a significant distance on Friday, Aug. 13.
The White House demonstrated its support for high-speed rail this week.
MBTA will make additional improvements on the E Branch of the Green Line.
OmniTrax has a new chief commercial officer.
Miller Ingenuity was selected to supply their patent pending ZoneGuard yard protection system for use at Koppers Somerville, Texas plant.
Transit riders don’t typically see a lot of green along their routes. Metrolinx is trying to change that as told in this story by Katherine Abraham, Metrolinx Community Relations Specialist.
Metro has released a report on progress it has made over the past three years, after it received a significant infusion of dedicated funding.