WORCESTER, Mass. –– [This week], Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, MBTA General Manager and CEO Phillip Eng, and Worcester Mayor Joseph M. Petty joined local elected leaders and stakeholder advocates to celebrate the newly opened center-running platform at Worcester Union Commuter Rail station on the Framingham/Worcester Line.
NEW YORK, N.Y. –– [This week], one of the largest infrastructure projects in American history took a huge step forward with billions of dollars in support from the Biden-Harris Administration and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
DENVER –– RTD will continue overnight repairs this week.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Late night track work on select nights in July will alter the routing of the Blue Line after 10:00 p.m.
CHICAGO –– Metra announced recently that it will be adjusting its Electric Line schedules to accommodate construction work.
BUFFALO, N.Y. –– On Monday, July 8, the Buffalo light rail system adjusted service to accommodate construction.
ATLANTA –– The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) provided an update on the work needed for the system’s Five Points station, which serves as a hub for all MARTA lines in the central business district of downtown Atlanta.
NEW YORK – Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT are working to examine infrastructure following an increase of disruptions in New Jersey and New York Penn Station.
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) reports the progress made on its Orange Line and subsequent removal of six speed restrictions.
SAN FRANCISCO – Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) announces it has rebuilt an escalator at Powell Street Station.
SEATTLE ––Sound Transit is marking a major milestone for ST3 projects and future Link service in Pierce County and South King County.
LAS VEGAS – PCM Railone AG will open a $20 million production facility in Las Vegas as part of Brightline West’s high-speed rail project.
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario – The Eaglewood bridge and new signalized intersection on the Hazel McCallion Line will open on July 4th. This connects communities on the east and west sides of Hurontario Street.
OLD SAYBROOK/OLD LYME, Conn. – Amtrak on June 28th reported awarding the O&G/Tutor Perini joint venture a construction contract to replace the existing Connecticut River Bridge, which opened in 1907 and links Old Saybrook and Old Lyme.
DALLAS – Over the weekends of June 28th to July 1st and July 12th to 15th, crews will perform maintenance on DART Rail’s catenary.
SACRAMENTO – Foster + Partners and Arup revealed the designs for the California High-Speed Rail’s first four stations.
BURBANK, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority’s (CHSRA) Board of Directors on June 26 approved the joint venture of SYSTRA | TYPSA to begin designing track and overhead contact systems (OCS) for the initial 171-mile passenger service connecting
MONTREAL – Professional services and project management company AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. will work for Design-Builder ECCO III Enterprises Inc. ECCO III Enterprises, Inc. was awarded a 44-month contract to design and build disability access upgrades to the MTA Broadway Junction Complex.
TORONTO – The Ontario government reached a major milestone after it finished tunneling the western underground portion of the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension.
PITTSBURGH ––Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s Red Line service will be temporarily closed from June 16 until the end of August while crews complete several safety-critical construction projects.