4TRANSIT has been awarded a CA$300-million (US$239.02-million) contract to provide technical advisory services for two work packages offered under Metrolinx’s 10-year Regional Express Rail (RER) Capital Program.
Joint venture Northwest Transit Systems Partners (NTSP) has been chosen to oversee the construction of two new extensions to the Sound Transit light-rail system.
New York and New Jersey’s senatorial delegation are asking the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to reconsider a rule that would require sleep apnea testing of rail workers and commercial truck drivers.
The reconstruction of Fresh Pond Bridge on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) M line is on schedule for a September 1 completion.
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) released a research report that details the impact freight and passenger rail operations have on the state economy.
More than a half-century after the cashed-strapped, bankruptcy-headed Pennsylvania Railroad demolished the original, spacious and beautiful Pennsylvania Station New York…
The Bay Area Transportation Authority (BART) is utilizing interns this summer to create useful technology.
HDR was chosen to lead the final design for GoTriangle’s Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit Project.
The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is conducting high-tech rail inspections, switch replacement and other track work between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma in the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 19.
The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) District received approval from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to begin full passenger train service on Aug. 25.
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx are moving forward with the procurement process for the Hurontario Light Rail Transit project and Davenport Diamond Rail Grade Separation project.
A phased, multi-modal approach to the Dumbarton Highway and Rail Bridges will improve transport options and times between Alameda and San Mateo counties in California, according to a recently released study.
Metra’s Board of Directors has elevated its chief mechanical officer to serve as the commuter agency’s next executive director/CEO.
Oliver Ernhofer has been named New York Transportation Planning Manager and Senior Supervising Planner for WSP USA.
A newly signed presidential Executive Order aims to reduce the time it takes projects to move through the federal permitting and review processes.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has named Luis Manuel Ramírez as its next General Manager/CEO, effective Sept. 12.
The latest issue of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s (AQAP) magazine, Inspire, calls for attacks on U.S. railways and transit systems and goes as far as including many steps to help carry out acts of terror.
WSP USA has named Charlie Guess construction services manager for the West region of the firm, based in its Orange, Calif., office.
Steven Chrismer, Ph.D., is joining the Applied Technology and Engineering Division at ENSCO, Inc.
The Gateway Program Development Corporation (GDC) is turning to the private sector to issue ideas on how to deliver the Hudson Tunnel Project.