Update to Brightline West Field Investigation Work
LAS VEGAS – Brightline West gives an update on the field investigation work taking place in Southern California and Nevada for the proposed rail corridor.
LAS VEGAS – Brightline West gives an update on the field investigation work taking place in Southern California and Nevada for the proposed rail corridor.
PHILADELPHIA –– SEPTA joined Drexel University and local, state and federal officials this week for a ribbon cutting to celebrate the newly reconstructed and renamed Drexel Station at 30th Street.
SAN FRANCISCO –– The San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Agency’s train control system today uses a system that relies on 5 1/2-inch floppy disks –– the ones that are really floppy.
NEW YORK CITY – Under the Re-NEW-vation program, the MTA upgraded, cleaned, and inspected the Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Av-JFK Airport and Jamaica-Van Wyck stations in Queens.
WASHINGTON ––HDR’s Pat Porzillo, P.E., was recently promoted to be the firm’s transit engineering director.
NEWARK – The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANY/NJ) on April 5 reported kicking off a two-year, $430 million program to upgrade stations, tracks, bridges and railcars at PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp.), the fifth-busiest rapid transit system in the United States.
PETALUMA, Calif. – From April 13th to 14th, SMART will have a partial system closure to install a gauntlet track for a new Petaluma North station.
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. – After a 4.8 earthquake, Amtrak implements speed restrictions and performs track inspections. CSX inspected bridges and related structures.
SEATTLE – Sound Transit will welcome riders onboard the Link 1 Line extension later this summer.
MINNEAPOLIS – After rising costs and construction delays, Senate Transportation Chair Scott Dibble argues the MnDOT should oversee future light rail projects as opposed to the Met Council.
CHICAGO – Metra on April 3 detailed its construction program for 2024, covering station, track, road crossing, bridge, and signal/communications improvement projects along the Chicagoland commuter railroad’s 11 lines totaling nearly 500 route-miles. In addition
LOS ANGELES – LA Metro has finished five years of tunneling. The Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) added nine additional miles to the D Line.
MINNEAPOLIS – In a project that is reported to cost $120 million, Metro Transit will upgrade its Blue Line that has been in use for the last twenty years.
NEW YORK CITY – MTA Construction and Development President Jamie Torres-Springer welcomed riders back to regular service for the F and M Trains in Manhattan and Queens.
NEWARK, N.J. –– NJ TRANSIT has been awarded a federal grant to work with Rutgers University’s Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) to implement AI-powered safety systems on light rail vehicles at grade crossings.
WASHINGTON – Today, The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued a final rule requiring two crew members on nearly all freight and passenger trains.
FRESNO, Calif. – California High-Speed Rail Authority recognizes the 12th cohort of the pre-apprenticeship program at the Central Valley Training Center.
DENVER – The RTD Board of Directors approved two contracts for KCI and Triunity, Inc. for reconstruction and project management support.
PORTLAND, Ore. – A section of Gresham’s MAX Blue Line will be closed for a week in April to allow for rail crossing upgrades.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After expedited work, Metro crews replaced three escalators at Farragut North K Street entrance as part of a larger, ongoing replacement project.