Construction of a pedestrian bridge at 43rd Street in Chicago will shut down a portion of the Metra Electric Line this weekend, Sept. 18-19, requiring some late night and early morning Metra and South Shore trains to be canceled or replaced with free CTA shuttles between the 51st Street and Millennium stations.
Called “A Better Red,” Portland’s TriMet is getting ready to make better use out of plans to extend the Red Line that have been in the works for years.
Richard J. Leary, CEO of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) announced last week that employee vaccinations will be required of employees.
BART has announced additional work and maintenance on the railroad.
Doug Allen will now lead HNTB’s Southeast Division, based in Atlanta.
After a year, it appears that the Maryland Purple Line project will finally have a new contractor lined up in early 2022.
BART has been working on its planned rebuilding program, but an electrical line failure has expanded the scope of the work.
Advanced Rail Management has been awarded a rail grinding project management contract.
Heavy rains left from Hurrican Ida walloped New York City and most of the northeast last night.
Here’s another story that’s a little off of our beat, but Simens Mobility battery hybrid streecars are now entering light rail service in Charlotte is an important story.
MBTA has completed a marathon work effort on the Green Line E Branch.
Gov. Kathy Hochul reacted to her first major event after having been in office for a week.
The NJ Transit Board of Directors this week approved a contract with HNTB Corporation of New York for the concept phase of the “Innovation Challenge” Meadowlands Transitway Project.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration today announced a notice of funding opportunity, making available nearly $362 million through its Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Grant Program.
Sound Transit crews working on the Federal Way Link Extension have reopened South 216th Street in Des Moines.
With COVID-19 spiking again, several transit and rail passenger agencies have issued vaccination mandates for employees.
A look at the top stories RT&S was following the week ending Aug. 20.
Due to scheduled rail replacement, Link light rail will experience service disruptions between Tukwila International Boulevard station and Rainier Beach station late evening Saturday, Aug. 21 and all day Sunday, Aug. 22.
Track replacement and other improvements are on schedule for completion by Aug. 29.
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a Final Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed AirTrain replacement at Newark Liberty International Airport, keeping the project on track and sustaining the Port Authority’s commitment to creating world-class AirTrain systems across its airports.