Brightline West acquires site for Las Vegas station
Brightline West is moving forward with land acquisition.
Brightline West is moving forward with land acquisition.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted July 1 to approve a massive infrastructure bill that includes, among other things, nearly $20 million for three critical transportation projects in the downtown Denver area.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) Fiscal and Management Control Board has given the OK for $28 million in design work for a third-track project between the West Natick commuter rail station and Wellesley Farms.
Officials in Charlotte, N.C., continue to support a massive transit plan for the region, but the cost has gone up.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has awarded Advanced Rail Management, Corp., (ARM) a four-year contract with two option years for optical rail measurement services.
Winter in Canada sees more rail/highway grade crossing accidents during the winter than during any other season of the year.
The Texas Supreme Court will not hear a case on whether or not Texas Central is legally recognized as a railroad company under state law.
Dirt finally moved on the site of the Airport Metro Connector (AMC) project in Los Angeles.
The MTA Office of the Inspector General has had it’s hands full lately.
The Chicago Transit Board [last week] approved Lester Barclay as its next chairman.
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.
RT&S has reported on the troubles of the Maryland Department of Transportation’s Purple Line several times over the past year. Recent news indicates there may be a glimmer of hope.
Before officials take a final vote on a light-rail network in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, local MP Bob Bratina wants another vote of confidence.
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.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced a total of $250 million in federal funding allocations to help communities across the country protect the jobs of workers involved in constructing transit projects, ensuring the continued advancement of those critical pieces of infrastructure, despite the impacts of COVID-19.
Is the path to the passage of a major infrastructure bill already growing weeds? Sound Transit looks at later project completion dates to help temper affordability gap Unusual rail movement at grade
HNTB recently announced a new member of their Atlanta office team.