The city of Cincinnati signed a contract for construction of its streetcar system with Messer/Prus/Delta JV. With this contract now signed, the city has issued a Notice to Proceed to the Messer team.
Metropolitan Transit Authority New York City Transit brought FASTRACK back to the Bronx on the Concourse D Line July 15. D train service will be suspended in both directions between 205th Street and 161st Street-Yankee Stadium for four consecutive weeknights until early morning July 18.
Santa Monica Mayor and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) Board Member Pam O’Connor is the new chair of the Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority Board of Directors,
The Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) and the Friends of Riverside’s Hills reached a settlement to end litigation that has blocked the development of the Perris Valley Line Metrolink Project.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) released the Transit Effectiveness Project’s (TEP) Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR).
The New Jersey Transit Board of Directors approved a Fiscal Year 2014 operating budget that funds a billion dollar capital program and will not include a fare increase for the fourth consecutive fiscal year.
The Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) and the Federal Transit Administration will evaluate the environmental impact of adding another station to the East Rail Line at 61st Avenue and Peña Boulevard.
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) continues to study the feasibility of a passenger rail line between Phoenix and Tucson and has now narrowed the list of alternatives down to three.
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has allocated nearly $650 million in transportation investments for Prince George’s County, including $280 million for design work and land acquisition for the proposed Purple Line light rail transit project.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) and he California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is holding a series of four public meetings to provide information and seek comment on a proposed new transportation corridor linking Palmdale and Victorville called the High Desert Corridor (HDC).
Phoenix’s Valley Metro and Valley Metro Rail has elected new board officers for FY 13-14.
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) will temporarily close the Kimball Brown Line station for nine days beginning early Saturday, July 13, to allow crews to replace track and rail system components that are 50 years old and beyond their useful life.
The first weekend in July saw crews making repairs to the Greenpoint G Tube as Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit launched the Fix & Fortify initiative to repair and strengthen portions of the system damaged in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
Tutor Perini Corporation has recently been awarded a contract by Amtrak to construct an underground concrete casing (box tunnel) beneath the Eastern Rail Yard of the Hudson Yards site in New York City.
TriMet’s WES Commuter Rail engineers see pedestrians and even vehicles disregard crossing arms and signs or cross where prohibited every day.
In Denver, Colo., the Regional Transportation District (RTD) Board of Directors approved a request to move the planned Montview Station on the I-225 Rail Line to a new location on Fitzsimons Parkway.
The Chicago Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) hired Susan Bisno Massel, who will serve as director of communications and public affairs.
TranSystems hired Sam Mansour, P.E., as senior vice president and client manager for the company’s passenger and freight rail practice areas. Mansour will be responsible for business development, client service and growth strategies across the West region.
Anthony Foxx was sworn in as the nation’s 17th secretary of transportation by Judge Nathaniel Jones in a private ceremony at U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters July 2, 2013.
City of Lakewood Councilmember Diane DuBois has taken over as chair of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) Board of Directors, effective July 1. She replaces outgoing Board Chairman Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich.