Federal funding enables MTA to breathe easier through first half of 2024
From a financial point of view, the MTA can breathe a sigh of relief.
From a financial point of view, the MTA can breathe a sigh of relief.
Northeast Corridor Commission looks ahead to improvements.
In late June, about 100 transit and SEPTA supporters gathered in near 100-degree heat on the steps in of the Pennsylvania state Capitol to meet with lawmakers and staff to lobby for continued funding of SEPTA and other public transit.
Sound Transit will be receiving some much needed federal funding for the Lynnwood Link and Federal Way Extension light-rail projects.
SEPTA crews will work around-the-clock for 17 days, tackling critical track and power maintenance, station upgrades, and intensive cleaning as part of the 2021 Trolley Tunnel Blitz.
The July/August Senate session will focus on a bipartisan infrastructure bill that Democrats hope to pass in the fall.
Metra is replacing a grade crossing on the BNSF line.
The MTA Office of the Inspector General has had it’s hands full lately.
Brightline signal testing is underway between Palm Beach County through West Palm Beach.
Commuter Rail Coalition Vice Chair Mike Noland (South Shore Line) and Director of Government Affairs John Cline (Cline Strategic Consulting) discuss how the decidedly unsexy issue of excess liability insurance has become an existential threat to commuter railroads with Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono. They also share the innovative solution in need of bi-partisan support as it’s being shopped on Capitol Hill.
The Senate Commerce Committee has moved forward the Surface Transportation Investment Act, which dedicates $78 billion over five years for freight, rail safety programs, and trucking.
Both the House and Senate agree that more federal funding needs to be devoted to high-speed rail in the next long-term infrastructure bill.
We now have a confirmed administrator of the Federal Transit Administration.
HNTB recently announced a new member of their Atlanta office team.
Caltrain’s Board of Directors approved its operating and capital budgets for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 at the rail agency’s monthly board meeting.
When railroad tracks move the way they weren’t made to move, an investigation is necessary.
Several leadership changes have been made at the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
The Vice President of the Rail Security Alliance has written a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Defense.
The Valley Link light-rail system in California is on course to receive $20 million in federal funding.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today highlighted how transit agencies across the country are helping people in their communities get access to COVID-19 vaccines.