Gannett Fleming

Rice to serve as mobility strategist for Gannett Fleming

Ryan Rice is the new advanced mobility senior strategist for global infrastructure and engineering firm Gannett Fleming’s Transportation Business Line in the West Region.

MassDOT

MassDOT, MBTA approve 5 year $18B capital plan

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Board of Directors and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Fiscal Management and Control Board voted June 18 to approve the five-year $18.3 billion MassDOT and

OmniTRAX

OmniTRAX, Illinois city to receive $6M grant for trackwork

The city of Peru, Ill., and OmniTRAX, Inc., an affiliate of The Broe Group, are set to receive a $6,081,036 grant for extensive trackwork on the OmniTRAX-managed Illinois Railway (IR).

NJ Transit

NJ Transit to boost awareness of travel accommodations

NJ Transit is ramping up its efforts to make passengers faced with mobility challenges aware of their public transportation options. 

Bombardier Transportation assembles BART Fleet of the Future rail cars

Bombardier Transportation is opening a rail car assembly site in Pittsburg, Calif., to assemble Bay Area Rapid Transit’s (BART) Fleet of the Future rail cars.

WMATA

Mobbs selected as WMATA Counsel to Inspector General

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Inspector General Geoffrey Cherrington last week announced the appointment of Michael Mobbs as counsel to the inspector general.

Watco

Watco to act as services provider for Meridian’s Davis Refinery

Meridian Energy Group, Inc., has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Watco Companies under which Watco is set to serve as the Main Rail Management Contractor for the Davis Refinery, a

CREATE Program

CREATE partners receive $19M for interlocking project

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded a total of $19,206,398 to the Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program’s Dolton Junction Interlocking project in Dolton and Riverdale, Ill.

HNTB

Santoro to serve as HNTB’s new Seattle architecture leader

Jennie Santoro, AIA, NCARB, is HNTB Corporation’s new Seattle architecture studio leader.

TriMet

Portland’s TriMet awards Siemens $80M overhaul contract

Siemens Mobility is the winner of a mid-life overhaul service contract for TriMet’s Type-2 and Type-3 light-rail vehicle (LRV) fleet, which is made up of 79 Siemens SD660 LRVs.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit

DART orders FLIRT Trains from Stadler US

The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Board last week selected Stadler US for the contract to assemble and build eight Fast Light Intercity and Regional Trains (FLIRT) and design an Equipment Maintenance

Bay Area Rapid Transit

BART’s capacity program faces delays from federal grant process: Officials

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) General Manager Grace Crunican is renewing a call for action to the federal government to fund the agency’s Transbay Core Capacity Program.

Louisville & Indiana Railroad

Louisville & Indiana Railroad taps Kramer to serve as vice president

Jeremy Kramer is the new vice president at Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC).

Quandel Consultants

Quandel taps Windschmitt to head railroad operations

Operations planner Peter Windschmitt has joined national rail and transit firm Quandel Consultants as the firm’s new director of railroad operations.

LACMTA

LACMTA celebrates as New Blue project is halfway complete

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) is celebrating its progress on the New Blue Improvements Project, which the authority states has reached its halfway mark toward completion.

Amtrak

Amtrak announces Customer Now program

Amtrak recently unveiled plans for a $72.5 million program, Customer Now, which aims to “improve the customer experience at stations across the network.”

CSX Corporation

CSX appoints interim CFO as Lonegro departs role

CSX Corporation (CSX) has announced the departure of Frank Lonegro, executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO).

FRA

FRA NPRM aligns engineer, conductor certification

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to update the regulation that governs locomotive engineer qualification and certification to make it consistent with the corresponding regulation

Denver RTD

Denver RTD, WSP USA celebrate opening of new Colorado rail extension

WSP USA, an engineering and professional services consulting firm, celebrated on May 17 the opening of the Denver Regional Transportation District’s (RTD) Southeast Rail Extension, which stretches 2.3 miles from Lincoln Station

Amtrak train 501

NTSB finds inadequate planning, training led to fatal Amtrak derailment

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced May 21 its stance on the probable cause of the fatal, Dec. 18, 2017, Amtrak accident near DuPont, Wash., after a Board meeting held on

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