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.
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HNTB recently announced a new member of their Atlanta office team.
The FRA and California are ready to work together again toward the development of high-speed rail.
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.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will not be the master puppeteer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
My everyday sneakers did not match my tie, but it went with my role playing in court.
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.
Locomotive engineers have been qualified and trained with simulation technology for years. Through technology, the opportunity to leverage simulation beyond locomotive engineers is quickly emerging.
As RT&S reported in a story by Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson on March 17, MBTA experienced a derailment of a new six-car train on the Orange Line in a work zone at Wellington Station on March 16. No one was hurt, but officials have been trying to determine what went wrong.
Most railroads operate through at least some mountainous territory along their lines, but perhaps no road faces a greater challenge than BNSF.