PERRYVILLE, Md. – AmeriStar Rail, the town of Perryville, and the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association are trying to stop Amtrak’s demolition project along the Susquehanna River.
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – Laura Mason, Amtrak Executive and Railway Age 2024 Influential Leader, tours the Harrisburg Track Renewal Project in Pennsylvania.
ORANGE COUNTY – For coastal rail resiliency, OCTA looks to sand nourishment, rock revetment, and a wall as potential solutions.
MINNEAPOLIS – The Metropolitan Council announces it is collaborating to develop a draft Anti-Displacement Coordinated Action Plan.
TORONTO – Major construction has begun on the new Lower Don Bridge for Ontario Line subway.
CHICAGO – The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) will announce concepts for area under new Red Line tracks in Edgewater during public meetings.
SURREY, British Columbia – The Surrey Langley SkyTrain project is moving forward with the selection of a team that will design and build the systems and trackwork.
BOSTON – The MBTA has removed 19 speed restrictions after critical track work on its Blue Line.
SEATTLE – The Federal Way Link Extension was awarded with an Envision Platinum Award from The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI).
FLORIDA –– From our colleagues at Railway Age. David Peter Alan, long time RA Contributing Editor, has penned an analysis of the rail passenger situation in central Florida and, given RT&S’s continuing coverage of commuter rail and transit issues, we felt this was an important piece. DCL
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In Amtrak’s General and Legislative Annual Report & Fiscal Year 2025 Grant Request, it details a Great Lakes Stations Improvement program.
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Amtrak’s Harrisburg Line Track Renewal Project moved to Phase 2 on April 29th.
TORONTO – One tunnel boring machine (TBM) excavating for the western underground segment of the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension has broken through the final wall.
NEW YORK CITY – On May 6th, service headed toward Flushing at 82 St-Jackson Heights and 111 St Stations will be suspended until Q1 2025.
WASHINGTON –– Amtrak announced this week that the renovations at the Durham, N.C. Station are now complete.
NEW YORK ––The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) this week announced that New York City Transit (NYCT) will complete upgrades, repairs, and deep cleanings at 13 additional subway stations in the second quarter of 2024 across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.
BOSTON ––The Track Improvement Program is a major track repair and replacement initiative to eliminate 191 speed restrictions, as of November 2023, and bring all tracks into a five-year state of good repair by the end of 2024.
DENVER –– The Denver House Transportation, Housing & Local Government Committee this week passed legislation aimed at leveraging millions in federal infrastructure funding to bring passenger rail service to Colorado and expanding public transportation options across the state. SB24-184 passed by a vote of 8-3.
WASHINGTON – To continue advancing transit projects that have a transformative impact on American communities, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is inviting public comment on revisions to policy guidance for the Capital Investment Grants (CIG) program.
WASHINGTON –– Last week, twelve U.S. senators sent a bipartisan letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging the EPA to fully consider the impact of approving the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) request for a waiver for its In-Use Locomotive Regulation.