California’s high-speed rail project has not yet hit a high gear. Delays and cost overruns have hampered the endeavor since the start, and the project’s chief executive officer has announced another deadline
Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg met with Amtrak and transit officials as well as front line transit and rail workers at Union Station, where he discussed the importance of the recently
Pacific Harbor Line (https://www.anacostia.com/railroads/phl)) has appointed Monte Stokes as chief engineer of the 75-mile short-line railroad serving the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. Effective February 1, he succeeded Robert Giannoble,
New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chairman and CEO Patrick Foye assembled a coalition of 22 transit agencies from across the country who sent a letter urgently calling on Congress to deliver
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) will distribute $6.45 million to seven short line railroad infrastructure projects. The projects are funded through the 2020 Short-Line Railroad Improvement Program (SLRIP), which was established under California’s
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending January 30, 2021, as well as volumes for January 2021. January 2021 U.S. railroads originated 930,303 carloads
America’s most unreliable transit service needs lawmakers to show up before it is too late. The state of Maryland led the nation in the number of bus, light-rail and heavy-rail breakdowns in
Not everything from World War I has perished. Railroad tracks used during the time period have reappeared in Cape May’s Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area in New Jersey. Due to effects of
An HDR-Gannett Fleming led team has been selected as the program consultant on the Toronto Transit Commission’s Subway Capacity Enhancement Program for Line 2. The team will provide advisory, planning and engineering
OmniTRAX Inc., a comprehensive logistics solutions provider, reports the Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad (STE) was awarded a grant by the California Transportation Commission under the Short-Line Railroad Improvement Program (SLRIP) to replace
The East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project is eligible for federal funding. Construction is expected to start in 2022, and L.A. Metro board members say the financial assistance will help
A large construction project is poised to begin soon in southern Alameda County. Crews will replace critical track components between the South Hayward and Union City BART stations as well as build
R. J. Corman Railroad Group, today announced that it has appointed former U.S. Department of Transportation FRA Administrator Ronald L. (Ron) Batory to its Board of Directors. Prior to his service in
It has taken two decades to come up with a final solution for a railroad crossing in Hanahan, S.C., but the project is about to kick off. With the South Carolina Department
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) does not need to be told how to spend money. However, that is exactly what advocacy group BeltLine Rail Now is doing via a white
RT&S Editor-in-Chief takes a look back at 2020 and provides a forecast for 2021 based on responses from the RT&S State of the Industry survey. He also talks with HNTB’s Ronnie Hakim
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) and Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority (CCJPA) have unveiled Link21, a rail improvement program, and a new website that outlines the program’s objectives.
The National Transportation Safety Board determined on Jan. 25 that an airbrake failure caused the fatal, Oct. 4, 2018, collision between two Union Pacific trains in Granite Canyon, Wyo. The collision occurred when
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is investing approximately $225 million in State of Good Repair work on its heavy rail lines that will enhance the safety of the rail system,
New Jersey Transit met the December 31, 2020 federally mandated deadline for implementing Positive Train Control. NJT President and CEO Kevin Corbett discusses the project’s complexity, and the “come from behind” coordination and